Response to a Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Case Among Military Trainees

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 8;9(5):ofac162. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac162. eCollection 2022 May.

Abstract

We describe the public health response to a military trainee who developed serogroup B meningococcal disease while sharing underwater breathing equipment. Despite high transmission risk, with rapid isolation and postexposure prophylaxis administration, there were no secondary cases. This case supports carefully weighing serogroup B meningococcal vaccination in high-risk settings.

Keywords: Neisseria meningitidis; meningitis; meningococcal infection; serogroup B meningococcal meningitis.