title: [Pathogenis surveillance of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis in Shandong Province in 2007/2008].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understander Neisseria meningitides (Nm) and antimicrobial susceptibility through analyzing the pathogens surveillance meningistis (ECM) cases and Nm carrier rate in healthy people in 2008.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nm strains were isolated, identified and tested of specimens of cerebrospinal fluid and serum were analyzed by real-time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven Nm strains were isolated from ECM cases and close 4 serogroup C.44 Nm strains were isolated from 2323 healthy persons. strains include 11 serogroup A (25.00%), 16 serogroup B (36.36%), other serogroups (29.55%). The carrier rate was highest among the There is no significant statistical difference between males and females
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serogroup C and B were the dominant strains in ECM cases province. In healthy people, serogroup B was the dominant strain, C. Surveillance of pathogens and Nmantimicrobial susceptibility test strategies mainly based on vaccination should be strengthened.
authors.affiliation: Shandong Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Man-Shi
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhong-Yan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents