Laboratory-acquired meningococcemia--California and Massachusetts.
Although Neisseria meningitidis is commonly isolated in clinical laboratories, laboratory-acquired infection is rare (1). This report describes two fatal cases of meningococcal infection in laboratory workers; both of these cases probably were laboratory acquired.
D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*