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SUBMITTER: Vogel U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC105145 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vogel U U Morelli G G Zurth K K Claus H H Kriener E E Achtman M M Frosch M M
Journal of clinical microbiology 19980901 9
Serogroup C strains of Neisseria meningitidis were isolated from a Germany patient with severe meningococcal disease after a trip to the Czech Republic. These strains (case isolates) were characterized by classical and molecular techniques, as were other strains (carrier isolates) isolated from healthy contacts. Five of 10 carrier isolates had switched off the expression of capsular polysaccharide, as demonstrated by a serogroup-specific PCR. The two case isolates were indistinguishable by multi ...[more]