| serogroup w-135 meningococcal disease among travelers returning from saudi arabia--united states, 2000. | on april 9, 2000, cdc was notified by national public health agencies in several european countries of cases of serogroup w-135 meningococcal disease among pilgrims returning from the hajj in mecca and their close contacts. as of april 20, 2000, the new york city department of health had reported three cases of serogroup w-135 meningococcal disease in the united states. | 2000 | 10817480 |
| 'the wheel within a wheel': meningococcal trends. | | 1980 | 6775106 |
| meningococcal disease in new york city, 1973 to 1978. recognition of groups y and w-135 as frequent pathogens. | in the period 1973 through 1978, the new york city department of health serogrouped 648 isolates of neisseria meningitidis and investigated 259 cases if meningococcal meningitis and meningococcemia. although meningitis and septicemia were mainly due to groups b and c, groups y and w-135 caused nearly one third of the cases. there was no difference in mortalities when disease caused by the classic groups a, b, and c was compared with disease caused by the new serogroups x, y, z, w-135, and z'. mo ... | 1980 | 6775103 |
| completeness of neisseria meningitidis reporting in new york city, 1989-2010. | invasive meningococcal disease (imd) completeness of reporting has never been assessed in new york city (nyc). we conducted a capture-recapture study to assess completeness of reporting, comparing imd reports made to the nyc department of health and mental hygiene (dohmh) and records identified in the new york state hospital discharge database [statewide planning and research cooperative system (sparcs)] by icd-9 codes from 1989 to 2010. reporting completeness estimates were calculated for the e ... | 2016 | 26984785 |
| risk factors for serogroup c meningococcal disease during outbreak among men who have sex with men, new york city, new york, usa. | risk factors for illness during a serogroup c meningococcal disease outbreak among men who have sex with men in new york city, new york, usa, in 2012-2013 included methamphetamine and cocaine use and sexually transmitted infections. outbreak investigations should consider routinely capturing information regarding drug use and sex-related risk factors. | 2015 | 26196855 |
| postmortem diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease. | we diagnosed invasive meningococcal disease by using immunohistochemical staining of embalmed tissue and pcr of vitreous humor from 2 men in new york city. because vitreous humor is less subject than other body fluids to putrefaction, it is a good material for postmortem analysis. | 2014 | 24565379 |
| epidemiologic investigation and targeted vaccination initiative in response to an outbreak of meningococcal disease among illicit drug users in brooklyn, new york. | an outbreak of serogroup c meningococcal disease that involved illicit drug users and their contacts occurred in brooklyn, new york, during 2005 and 2006. | 2009 | 19231975 |
| neisseria meningitidis serogroup w 135 disease in adults. | five adults had infection caused by neisseria meningitidis serogroup w135. their ages ranged from 19 to 74 years, and the spectrum of illness included meningitis, pneumonia, and acute peritonitis. two patients had systemic lupus erythematosus and were receiving corticosteroids at the time of their infection. one patient died of fulminant meningococcemia. all isolates were sensitive to sulfonamides. the recent increase in the national incidence of n meningitidis serogroup w135 infections emphasiz ... | 1981 | 6793741 |
| isolation of n. meningitidis from patients in a gonorrhea screen program: a four-year survey in new york city. | in the course of the screening program for gonorrhea in new york city, a total of 964 n. meningitidis strains were recovered from the genitourinary tract and/or anal canal over a four-year period (april 1975-april 1979), the rate of such recoveries having tripled during that time. the majority of strains were isolated from anal canal cultures of male patients most of whom were seen in a clinic treating homosexuals. n. meningitidis and n. gonorrhoeae were cultured together from 41 patients: in 24 ... | 1981 | 6789687 |
| pharyngeal carriage of neisseria meningitidis and anogenital gonorrhea: evidence for their relationship. | the relationship between pharyngeal carriage of neisseria meningitidis and anogenital infection with neisseria gonorrhoeae was investigated at two separate clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in new york city. of the entire study group of 738 patients, 310 (42%) had pharyngeal n. meningitidis. gonorrhea appeared in 130 (17.9%) of the 738 patients. of the 130 patients with anogenital gonorrhea, 73 (56.3%) had n. meningitidis-positive pharyngeal cultures. neisseria meningitidis was found in ... | 1980 | 6779389 |
| isolation of neisseria meningitidis from the genito-urinary tract and anal canal. | during the first 3 months of 1975, a striking increase has been noted in the incidence of neisseria meningitidis in cultures from the genito-urinary tract and anal canal of both males and females being screened for gonorrhea. the data for recovery of these organisms from these sites are presented and reviewed. | 1975 | 809485 |
| community-based outbreak of neisseria meningitidis serogroup c infection in men who have sex with men, new york city, new york, usa, 2010-2013. | in september 2012, the new york city department of health and mental hygiene identified an outbreak of neisseria meningitidis serogroup c invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men (msm). twenty-two case-patients and 7 deaths were identified during august 2010-february 2013. during this period, 7 cases in non-msm were diagnosed. the slow-moving outbreak was linked to the use of websites and mobile phone applications that connect men with male sexual partners, which complicate ... | 2015 | 26197087 |
| notes from the field: serogroup c invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men - new york city, 2010-2012. | on september 27, 2012, the new york city (nyc) department of health and mental hygiene (dohmh) alerted health-care providers and the public about 12 cases of invasive serogroup c neisseria meningitidis disease (scmd) occurring in nyc since august 2010 among men who have sex with men (msm). cases were identified through existing mandatory notifiable disease reporting and classified according to the council of state and territorial epidemiologists case definitions. by december 31, 2012, a total of ... | 2013 | 23282863 |
| direct molecular testing to assess the incidence of meningococcal and other bacterial causes of meningitis among persons reported with unspecified bacterial meningitis. | confirmed and probable cases of invasive neisseria meningitidis (nm) infection are reportable in new york city. we conducted a study to identify nm among culture-negative reports of bacterial and viral meningitis. during the study period, 262 reports of suspected meningitis were eligible. cerebrospinal fluid (csf) specimens from 138 patients were obtained for testing. no nm cases were detected. results from real-time polymerase chain reaction and 16s on csf specimens were concordant with hospita ... | 2015 | 26341704 |