Clinical features and outcome of pediatric Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection: a report of 5 cases.
We describe 5 pediatric cases of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection. Infectious and/or reactive extrameningeal involvement was frequent. One patient had a persistent postmeningococcal inflammatory syndrome. Four of 5 isolates belonged to the clonal complex 37. The important risk of extrameningeal complications must be borne in mind when treating children with N. meningitidis W135 infection.
Faye
Albert
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Service de Pediatrie Generale, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France. albert.faye@rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr
Mariani-Kurkdjian
Patricia
P
Taha
Muhamed-Kheir
MK
Angoulvant
François
F
Antonios
Micheline
M
Aubertin
Guillaume
G
Soussan
Valérie
V
Bingen
Edouard
E
Bourrillon
Antoine
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D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D038582:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome