Invasive serogroup w meningococcal disease in children: a national survey from 2001 to 2008 in France

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul;32(7):798-800. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828e9e91.

Abstract

From 2001 to 2008, 119 pediatric cases of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup W were reported in France. They cases represented 4% of all meningococcal disease cases in children and were mostly in infants (54%). Meningitis occurred in 78 (66%) patients but differed by isolate. Isolates of the clonal complex sequence type-22 were associated with nonmeningeal presentation. Further investigations of clinical tropism of meningococcal W isolates are warranted.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / epidemiology*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology*
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Typing
  • Neisseria meningitidis / classification*
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification*
  • Prevalence
  • Serotyping