Cluster of three cases of invasive meningococcal disease in a preschool facility in West Bohemia, the Czech Republic

• Published in: Folia microbiologica Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 123 - 126
• Main Authors: Pazdiora, P, Morávková, I, Bergerová, T, Štruncová, V, Křížová, P, Musílek, M, Beneš, Č
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer-Verlag 01.03.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Applied Microbiology; Bacterial infections; Bacteriology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Child; Child Day Care Centers; Child, Preschool; children; Cluster Analysis; Czech Republic - epidemiology; Day care centers; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Epidemiology; girls; Humans; Immunology; Life Sciences; Meningitis, Bacterial - epidemiology; Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology; Meningococcal Infections - epidemiology; Meningococcal Infections - microbiology; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Neisseria meningitidis; Neisseria meningitidis - classification; Neisseria meningitidis - genetics; Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification; Neisseria meningitidis - physiology; patients; phenotype; Preschool children; Sepsis - epidemiology; Sepsis - microbiology; Young Adult; Czech Republic; Czech Republic; National Reference Laboratory; Sick Child; Neisseria Meningitidis; Invasive Meningococcal Disease

From 1993 to 2009, there was only one cluster of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) reported in a community of children in the Czech Republic. This exceptional cluster that occurred in a preschool facility is the focus of this report. In response to the announcement of the disease, anti-epidemic p...