Long-term persistence of a discotheque-associated invasive Neisseria meningitidis group C strain as proven by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and porA gene sequencing

Authors
Riesbeck, K Orvelid-Molling, P Fredlund, H Olcen, P
Citation
K. Riesbeck et al., Long-term persistence of a discotheque-associated invasive Neisseria meningitidis group C strain as proven by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and porA gene sequencing, J CLIN MICR, 38(4), 2000, pp. 1638-1640
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1638 - 1640
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200004)38:4<1638:LPOADI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A cluster of a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C strain causing invasive d isease was investigated. Five out of seven cases were associated with a par ticular discotheque. The strains were indistinguishable, as revealed by pul sed-field gel electrophoresis and sequencing of variable regions of the por A gene, but caused strikingly different clinical presentations during 5 mon ths.