Establishment of an active laboratory-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis in Croatia and molecular characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates causing meningococcal disease that were collected in the year 2000, the first year of activity.
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In 2000, 23 Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcal [Men]) isolates were collected in Croatia through an active laboratory-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis (17 Men serogroup B [MenB], 4 MenC, 1 MenW135, and 1 nongroupable isolate). Molecular characterization revealed a substantial level of diversity with only six isolates belonging to electrophoretic type 5 (ET-5) and ET-37 hypervirulent complexes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 42 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004