Meningitis in a child due to Neisseria meningitidis group K.
A four-year-old boy with meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis group K, serotype 14, serosubtype P1.6, is reported to be, we believe, the first case caused by this strain.
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Institut für Infektionskrankheiten im Kindesalter, Klinikum Berlin-Buch, GD Republic.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012703:Serotyping