title: Sulfadiazine-resistant group A Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: A meningitis epidemic due to Group A meningococci was unusual in that most of the strains isolated from patients were generally resistant to sulfadiazine. This is the first report of sulfonamide resistance in an epidemic strain of Neisseria meningitidis Group A.
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009018:Morocco; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013411:Sulfadiazine
chemical_list: D013411:Sulfadiazine