Meningococcal Meningitis a Family Study

Cragg, John; Bennett, E. D.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(59)90069-8

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“…Carrier state is of importance in the spread of meningococcal meningitis in children [2]. Higher rates of meningococcal carriage were noted in households of cases of meningococcal disease than in control households without disease, and households with infant cases had the highest carriage rates [11].…”

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“…Higher rates of meningococcal carriage were noted in households of cases of meningococcal disease than in control households without disease, and households with infant cases had the highest carriage rates [11]. On the other hand, overcrowding or bad housing conditions do not influence the incidence of meningococcal infection [2,11]. An important predisposing factor in the causation of meningococcal infection seems to be host susceptibility [2].…”

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“…On the other hand, overcrowding or bad housing conditions do not influence the incidence of meningococcal infection [2,11]. An important predisposing factor in the causation of meningococcal infection seems to be host susceptibility [2].…”

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“…Prophylaxis against meningococcal meningitis in contacts became of great importance following the demonstration of sulfonamide resistance in a significant number of strains of Neisseria meningitidis [10]. Most reports focused on epidemics occurring in military camps [1,4,8] but there have been relatively few attempts to describe and investigate intrafamilial meningococcal infection [2,5,11]. Recently, we had occasion to diagnose and treat two pairs of siblings with meningococcal meningitis in whom intrafamilial Offprint requests to: Y. Naveh, M.D., Department of Pediatrics B, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel infection was suspected.…”

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Intrafamilial meningococcal meningitis

Naveh

Merzbach

1980

Eur J Pediatr

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Two couples of sibs presented with meningococcal meningitis. In both families, immediate preventive measures were not taken due to a negative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) smear in the first case from Family A, and a negative CSF smear and culture in the first case from Family B. All the children were treated successfully. Our recommendations are: a) contacts of patients with pyogenic meningitis should have close clinical surveillance, and b) contacts of meningococcal infection should have nasopharyngeal cultures and should be given a prophylactic antibiotic such as rifampicin or minocycline.

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Intrafamilial meningococcal meningitis

Naveh

Merzbach

1980

Eur J Pediatr

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“…There have been several studies on meningococcal carriage within families with and without meningococcal disease (2,15,16,20,22), but few studies used both serogrouping and serotyping information (6, 7). Therefore, we studied meningococcal strains isolated from families of meningococcal disease patients, characterizing them as to serogroup, serotype, and SDS-PAGE type.…”

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Strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from patients and their close contacts

Frasch¹,

Mocca²

1982

Infect Immun

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Neisseria meningitidis isolates from contacts, mostly family members, of 27 unrelated meningococcal disease patients were examined by serogrouping, serotyping, and a recently described sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis typing procedure. Most of the isolates were serogroup B or C. Serotyping and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis typing now provide a more precise means than serogrouping for determining the epidemiological relationships among patient isolates and those of related carriers. In 70% of the families studied, all contact carriers had strains indistinguishable from that of the patient. In the other 30%, more than one meningococcal strain was recovered from the family. Sixty percent of the carrier isolates were recovered from adults. It was found that, among household contacts, the mother was most likely and the father was least likely to carry the disease isolate. Nonhousehold contacts were least likely to carry the disease isolate.

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Intrafamily Spread of Haemophilus

Tejani¹

1977

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Meningococcal Meningitis a Family Study

Cited by 11 publications

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Intrafamilial meningococcal meningitis

Intrafamilial meningococcal meningitis

Strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from patients and their close contacts

Intrafamily Spread of Haemophilus

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