Meningococcal vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania.
The following is a report of an unusual family cluster of group C invasive meningococcal disease in Tasmania. This unusual case cluster raises several important issues of public health significance regarding vaccine failure and nucleic acid amplification testing use in the setting of invasive meningococcal disease.
Shaw
Kelly A
KA
Public Health Registrar, Department of Health and Human Services, Hobart, Tasmania. Kelly.shaw@dhhs.tas.gov.au
McGregor
Alistair R
AR
Taylor
Roscoe E
RE
Williamson
Jan
J
Misrachi
Avner
A
Coleman
David J
DJ
Andrewartha
Lynne
L
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D013648:Tasmania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017211:Treatment Failure
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines