title: Disease in children due to serogroup W-135 Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: Two cases of meningococcal disease due to serogroup W-135 Neisseria meningitidis are presented. One died from fulminating meningococcaemia and the other had severe meningoencephalitis with acute septic arthritis. Serogroup W-135 N. meningitidis is pathogenic for man, and laboratories should attempt to identify and serotype the organism so that more data about the disease it causes can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Joiner
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Odugbemi
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Afolabi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D012703:Serotyping