| laboratory confirmation of a suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case. | a suspicious meningococcal meningitis death case was reported to the beijing cdc. the blood specimen was analyzed via multi-pcr and mlst. 6 isolates from close contacts were analyzed via pfge and mlst. according to the results of the above analyses, the cause of this case was identified as a serogroup a neisseria meningitidis, which, in terms of sequence typing, belonged the st7 group. | 2006 | 16953183 |
| [surveillance on pathogens of meningococcal meningitis in beijing, 2005]. | to study the pathogens of meningococcal meningitis (mm) in beijing, 2005. | 2006 | 16981333 |
| the molecular characterization of serogroup c neisseria meningitidis strains circulating in beijing. | the aim of this study was to characterize the molecular features of serogroup c neisseria meningitidis strains circulating in beijing, china. twenty out of 23 strains belonged to st 4821. the causative serosubtype for meningococcal meningitis was p1.12-1,16-8. all of the strains expressed class 3 porb protein. among the five pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns observed, pattern iii predominated. | 2006 | 17205050 |