title: Clinical features and outcome of pediatric Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection: a report of 5 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pediatrie Generale, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France. albert.faye@rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariani-Kurkdjian
authors.forename: Muhamed-Kheir
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angoulvant
authors.forename: Micheline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonios
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aubertin
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soussan
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bingen
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourrillon
mesh_terms: 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