Recent outbreak of meningococcal meningitis--a microbiological study with brief review of literature.
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2007-12-14
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Meningococcal disease presents in various clinical forms, most common being meningitis and meningococcemia. A spurt of meningococcal cases was seen in medicine and pediatric wards of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital during the recent outbreak from Dec 2005 - June 2006. These had presented either with the classical features of acute purulent meningitis or as fever with rash. The patients were investigated microbiologically for the causative organism which was identified as Neisseria meningitidis in 257 out of 531 cases (48.39%). The classic finding of gram negative diplococci on gram stain remained the mainstay of diagnosis. N. meningitidis isolates from culture were sensitive to all commonly used antibiotics.
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Duggal S, Duggal N, Charoo H, Mahajan RK. Recent outbreak of meningococcal meningitis--a microbiological study with brief review of literature. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2007 Dec; 39(4): 209-16