Neisseria meningiditis

Introduction: Neisseria meningiditis

Description of Neisseria meningiditis

Neisseria meningiditis: A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype.
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• eMedicine - Meningococcal Infections : Article by Thomas A Hoffman, MD
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• Polysaccharide vaccines for preventing serogroup A meningococcal meningitis (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Meningococcal Infections : Article by Saul Faust, MA, MBBS, PhD, MRCPCH, ILTM
• Neisseria meningitidis (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Meningococcemia : Article by Mahmud Javid, MD
• eMedicine - Meningococcemia : Article by Elizabeth L Tanzi, MD
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