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Meningitis in a child due to Neisseria meningitidis group K

Meningitis durch Neisseria meningitidis der Gruppe K

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A four-year-old boy with meningitis due toNeisseria meningitidis group K, serotype 14, serosubtype P1.6, is reported to be, we believe, the first case caused by this strain.

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Es wird über einen vierjährigen Jungen mit Meningitis berichtet, als deren Erreger erstmaligNeisseria meningitidis der Serogruppe K, Serotyp 14, Serosubtyp P1.6, isoliert wurde.

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  1. Meningokokken-Laboratorium, Institut für Infektionskrankheiten im Kindesalter, Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Wiltbergstraße 50, DDR-1115, Berlin, GD Republic

    W.-D. Grahlow

  2. National Reference Laboratory for Meningococcal Infections, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Šrobárova 48, ČSSR-10042, Prague 10, Czechoslovakia

    Pavla Kuzemenská CSc

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Grahlow, WD., Kuzemenská, P. Meningitis in a child due to Neisseria meningitidis group K. Infection 17, 309–310 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01650715

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