Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (Jan 2018)

Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X ST-5799 (ST-22 complex) in Turkey: A unique pediatric case

  • Gönül Tanır,
  • Yasemin Ozsurekci,
  • Jay Lucidarme,
  • Sevgi Yaşar Durmuş,
  • Aiswarya Lekshmi,
  • Özlem Akisoglu,
  • Ahmet Emre Aycan,
  • Ray Borrow,
  • Mehmet Ceyhan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2017.1377380
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 209 – 212

Abstract

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Although outbreaks of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X occured in a couple of African countries, a limited number of serogroup X meningococcal cases were reported in America and Europe as well as Turkey. Additionally, serogroup X is still not represented in current conjugated meningococcal vaccines. Here, we describe the first pediatric case with meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X ST-5799 (ST-22 complex) that formed a distinct lineage.

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