| meningococcal disease: history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, antimicrobial susceptibility and prevention. | meningoccocal disease has repeatedly caused outbreaks worldwide. there has been sudden surge of cases of meningococcemia and meningococcal meningitis in early 2005 in delhi, india and neighboring states of uttar pradesh and haryana. as of june 17, 2005, 429 probable cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in delhi out of which 128 cases have revealed microbiological evidence of neisseria meningitidis. it is possible that the number of cases was in excess of the numbers notified. during ... | 2006 | 16505549 |