title: Laboratory confirmation of a suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case.
abstract: A suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case was reported to the Beijing CDC. The blood specimen was analyzed via multi-PCR and MLST. 6 isolates from close contacts were analyzed via PFGE and MLST. According to the results of the above analyses, the cause of this case was identified as a serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis, which, in terms of sequence typing, belonged the ST7 group.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunization and Prevention of Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control. 16, Hepingli Middle Avenue, Beijing 100013, China. ztg628@sohu.com
authors.forename: Tie-gang
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Li-juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jing-guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhu-jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Mei-ping
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping