Clinical Features and Outcome of Pediatric Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 Infection: A Report of 5 Cases

We describe 5 pediatric cases of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection. Infectious and/or reactive extrameningeal involvement was frequent. One patient had a persistent postmeningococcal inflammatory syndrome. Four of 5 isolates belonged to the clonal complex 37. The important risk of extr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2004-06, Vol.38 (11), p.1635-1637
Hauptverfasser:	Faye, Albert, Mariani-Kurkdjian, Patricia, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Angoulvant, François, Antonios, Micheline, Aubertin, Guillaume, Soussan, Valérie, Bingen, Edouard, Bourrillon, Antoine
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arthritis Arthritis, Infectious - diagnosis Arthritis, Infectious - drug therapy Brief Reports Child Child health services Child, Preschool Children Epidemiology Female Health outcomes Humans Infant Infections Male Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis Meningitis, Meningococcal - drug therapy Meningococcal Infections - diagnosis Meningococcal Infections - drug therapy Neisseria meningitidis Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 - drug effects Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 - isolation & purification Pediatrics Penicillin Pericarditis Retrospective Studies Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe 5 pediatric cases of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection. Infectious and/or reactive extrameningeal involvement was frequent. One patient had a persistent postmeningococcal inflammatory syndrome. Four of 5 isolates belonged to the clonal complex 37. The important risk of extrameningeal complications must be borne in mind when treating children with N. meningitidis W135 infection.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/421022