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Invasive serogroup w meningococcal disease in children: a national survey from 2001 to 2008 in France.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jul 2013
Gaschignard Jean, Levy Corinne, Deghmane Ala-Eddine, Dubos François, Muszlak Mathias, Cohen Robert, Bingen Edouard, Faye Albert, Taha Muhamed-Kheir
Abstract excerpt
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...
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