title: Establishment of an active laboratory-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis in Croatia and molecular characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates causing meningococcal disease that were collected in the year 2000, the first year of activity.
abstract: In 2000, 23 Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcal [Men]) isolates were collected in Croatia through an active laboratory-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis (17 Men serogroup B [MenB], 4 MenC, 1 MenW135, and 1 nongroupable isolate). Molecular characterization revealed a substantial level of diversity with only six isolates belonging to electrophoretic type 5 (ET-5) and ET-37 hypervirulent complexes.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia. txp1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boras
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jeren
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Sacchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmink
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bozinovic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barsic
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Rosenstein
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Popovic
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S