title: Invasive serogroup w meningococcal disease in children: a national survey from 2001 to 2008 in France.
abstract: From 2001 to 2008, 119 pediatric cases of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup W were reported in France. They cases represented 4% of all meningococcal disease cases in children and were mostly in infants (54%). Meningitis occurred in 78 (66%) patients but differed by isolate. Isolates of the clonal complex sequence type-22 were associated with nonmeningeal presentation. Further investigations of clinical tropism of meningococcal W isolates are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 49 boulevard Serrurier, Paris, France. jean.gaschignard@m4x.org
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaschignard
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Ala-Eddine
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Deghmane
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubos
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muszlak
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bingen
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: Muhamed-Kheir
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Taha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D012703:Serotyping