title: A cluster of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci in France, April 2012.
abstract: In April 2012, a cluster of two cases of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci was reported in the Champagne-Ardenne region, France. The two cases occurred in a student population living in the same town but studying at different schools. Bacteriological and epidemiological investigations of cases have shown that the isolates of both cases were non-differentiable.
authors.affiliation: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS, Ile-de-France and Champagne-Ardenne, France. ibrahim.mounchetrou-njoya@ars.sante.fr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mounchetrou Njoya
authors.forename: Ae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deghmane
authors.forename: Mk
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isnard
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Parent du Chatelet
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000494:pharmacology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016358:Contact Tracing; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D038541:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D000658:Amoxicillin; D002439:Cefotaxime; D012293:Rifampin