Article
Neisseria meningitidis phenotypic markers and septicaemia, disease progress and case-fatality rate of meningococcal disease: a 20-year population-based historical follow-up study in a Danish county.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2003
Jensen Elise Snitker, Schønheyder Henrik C, Lind Inga, Berthelsen Lene, Nørgård Bente, Sørensen Henrik Toft
Abstract excerpt
The incidence rate (IR) and case-fatality rate (CFR) of meningococcal disease increased during the late 1980s and early 1990s in North Jutland County, Denmark. We examined the hypothesis that phenotypic markers of Neisseria meningitidis are predictors of septicaemia with or without meningitis, rapid disease progress and fatal outcome of meningococcal disease and we studied whether changes in IR and CFR over time...
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