| [carriers of neisseria meningitidis among teen-agers in apulia (italy)]. | an investigation about n. meningitidis carriers was carried out in apulia (italy) among teen-agers. 85 healthy carriers were identified (1.4%): the 81.2% of isolates resulted polyagglutinable, 3.5% autoagglutinable and 1.2% were not classifiable with antisera. the other strains belonged to serogroup b (9.4%), w135 (2.3%), y (1.2%) and 29e (1.2%). some authors report that non-groupable strains are usually isolated from healthy carriers pharynx. the most recent molecular methods permit to subdivid ... | 2003 | 15049541 |