Laboratory confirmation of a suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case.
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.
Zhang
Tie-gang
TG
Institute of Immunization and Prevention of Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control. 16, Hepingli Middle Avenue, Beijing 100013, China. ztg628@sohu.com
He
Xiong
X
Chen
Li-juan
LJ
He
Jing-guo
JG
Luo
Ming
M
Yang
Jie
J
Shao
Zhu-jun
ZJ
Sun
Mei-ping
MP
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