Neisseria meningitidis W135, Turkey.
We describe the first case of Neisseria meningitidis W135 meningitis in Turkey. The strain was genotypically unrelated to the clone (W)ET-37, isolated from Hajj pilgrims in 2000.
Doganci
Levent
L
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. levdog@gata.edu.tr
Baysallar
Mehmet
M
Saracli
Mehmet Ali
MA
Hascelik
Gulsen
G
Pahsa
Alaaddin
A
D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D038582:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology