Neisseria meningitidis W135, Turkey

Levent Doganci; Mehmet Baysallar; Mehmet Ali Saracli; Gulsen Hascelik; Alaaddin Pahsa

doi:10.3201/eid1005.030572

Neisseria meningitidis W135, Turkey

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):936-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1005.030572.

Authors

Levent Doganci¹, Mehmet Baysallar, Mehmet Ali Saracli, Gulsen Hascelik, Alaaddin Pahsa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]

Abstract

We describe the first case of Neisseria meningitidis W135 meningitis in Turkey. The strain was genotypically unrelated to the clone (W)ET-37, isolated from Hajj pilgrims in 2000.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal / epidemiology*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / classification*
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / genetics
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / isolation & purification*
Turkey / epidemiology