| Recent outbreak of meningococcal meningitis--a microbiological study with brief review of literature. | |
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PMID: 18697589 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Meningococcal disease presents in various clinical forms, most common being meningitis and meningococcemia. A spurt of meningococcal cases was seen in medicine and pediatric wards of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital during the recent outbreak from Dec 2005 - June 2006. These had presented either with the classical features of acute purulent meningitis or as fever with rash. The patients were investigated microbiologically for the causative organism which was identified as Neisseria meningitidis in 257 out of 531 cases (48.39%). The classic finding of gram negative diplococci on gram stain remained the mainstay of diagnosis. N. meningitidis isolates from culture were sensitive to all commonly used antibiotics. |
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Authors:
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S Duggal; N Duggal; Hans Charoo; R K Mahajan |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of communicable diseases Volume: 39 ISSN: 0019-5138 ISO Abbreviation: J Commun Dis Publication Date: 2007 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-08-13 Completed Date: 2008-10-14 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0261652 Medline TA: J Commun Dis Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 209-16 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Dept. of Microbiology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. duggal@gmail.com |
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Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks* Female Humans Immunologic Tests India / epidemiology Infant Male Meningitis, Meningococcal / diagnosis, epidemiology*, microbiology* Meningitis, Pneumococcal / diagnosis Middle Aged Neisseria meningitidis / classification Serotyping Sex Distribution |
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