Disease in children due to serogroup W-135 Neisseria meningitidis.
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.
Joiner
K T
KT
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Odugbemi
T O
TO
Afolabi
J K
JK
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