First case of meningococcal meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in Slovenia, December 2010

We report here on the identification of the first meningococcal meningitis case in Slovenia caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z’ in December 2010. The 19-year-old patient had not left the country during the incubation period. The patient was hospitalised and given the antibiotic treatment w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2011-02, Vol.16 (6), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Trop Skaza, A, Selic Kurincic, T, Beskovnik, L, Paragi, M, Bozanic, V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Cefotaxime - therapeutic use Contact Tracing Discharge Drug therapy Gram-negative bacteria Hospitalization Humans Male Meningitis Meningitis, Meningococcal - blood Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis Meningitis, Meningococcal - drug therapy Meningitis, Meningococcal - epidemiology Neisseria meningitidis - classification Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification Patients Polymerase Chain Reaction Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Serotyping Slovenia Treatment Outcome
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