Article
Identification of nasopharyngeal carriage of an outbreak strain of Neisseria meningitidis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis versus phenotypic methods.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 1998
Bevanger L, Bergh K, Gisnås G, Caugant D A, Frøholm L O
Abstract excerpt
The clustering of four cases of meningococcal disease during a 3-month period in a small community with 2233 inhabitants prompted an interventional carrier survey in persons < 19 years old and in family members of the patients. The aims of the survey were to identify the nasopharyngeal carriers a...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Carrier State
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Bacterial
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Meningococcal Infections
- Nasopharynx
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Norway