Evidence for indirect nosocomial transmission of Neisseria meningitidis resulting in two cases of invasive meningococcal disease |
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| Authors: | Elias Johannes Health Office in the Rural District Office Wartburgkreis,Claus Heike,Frosch Matthias,Vogel Ulrich |
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| Affiliation: | National Reference Centre for Meningococci, Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany. |
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| Abstract: | Nosocomial transmission of Neisseria meningitidis has only rarely been reported. Here, we present a significant spatiotemporal association of two cases of invasive meningococcal disease identified by retrospective cluster analysis with the program SaTScan. The most likely epidemiological link was simultaneous hospitalization, resulting in indirect nosocomial transmission. |
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