Laboratory confirmation of a suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case

J Microbiol. 2006 Aug;44(4):457-60.

Abstract

A suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case was reported to the Beijing CDC. The blood specimen was analyzed via multi-PCR and MLST. 6 isolates from close contacts were analyzed via PFGE and MLST. According to the results of the above analyses, the cause of this case was identified as a serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis, which, in terms of sequence typing, belonged the ST7 group.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / blood
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / diagnosis*
  • Neisseria meningitidis / classification*
  • Neisseria meningitidis / genetics
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Serotyping