bacterial meningitis in navojo indians. | an analysis of 219 confirmed cases of bacterial meningitis among navajo indians during a 5-year period, july 1, 1968, through june 30, 1973, revealed that 56 percent were caused by haemophilus influenzae, 26 percent by neisseria meningitidis, 6 percent by mycobacterium tuberculosis, and 6 percent by other organisms. the annual incidence of h. influenzae meningitis (17.7 per 100,000 persons) and that of pneumococcal meningitis (8.0 per 100,000) were much higher than the rates for these diseases r ... | 1976 | 824672 |
chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae in asymptomatic family planning patients in rural new mexico. | we tested 98 asymptomatic women seen in state-funded contraception clinics in rural new mexico. a fluorescein-conjugated monoclonal antibody stain revealed chlamydia trachomatis infection in 25% of asymptomatic unmarried women and 3% of married women (p = .03). neisseria gonorrhoeae was detected in only one woman. as in urban clinics providing contraception, the prevalence of gonorrhea is rare in rural new mexico, but chlamydial infections are common in young unmarried women. | 1989 | 2741450 |
bacterial meningitis in bernalillo county, new mexico: a comparison with three other american populations. | | 1974 | 4152262 |
neonatal gonococcal arthritis: three cases and review of the literature. | | 1974 | 4205582 |
evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in epidemiological investigations of meningococcal disease outbreaks caused by neisseria meningitidis serogroup c. | since 1990, the frequency of neisseria meningitidis serogroup c (nmsc) outbreaks in the united states has increased. based on multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (mee), the current molecular subtyping standard, most of the nmsc outbreaks have been caused by isolates of several closely related electrophoretic types (ets) within the et-37 complex. we chose 66 isolates from four well-described nmsc outbreaks that occurred in the united states from 1993 to 1995 to evaluate the potential of pulsed-fiel ... | 2001 | 11136752 |