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Association of meningococcal phenotypes and genotypes with clinical characteristics and mortality of meningitis in children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jul 2010
Levy Corinne, Taha Muhamed-Kheir, Weil Olivier Catherine, Quinet Beatrice, Lecuyer Aurélie, Alonso Jean Michel, Aujard Yannick, Bingen Edouard, Cohen Robert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Neisseria meningitidis meningitis represents approximately one-half of the meningococcal cases in French children. To explore the contribution of bacterial typing in improving the management of cases, we aimed to describe clinical characteristics and mortality of meningococcal meningitis in children reported to the multicenter survey system, GPIP/ACTIV, in association with phenotypes/genotypes of...
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