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Rifampin-resistant Meningococcal Disease

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Rifampin-resistant meningococcal disease occurred in a child who had completed rifampin chemoprophylaxis for exposure to a sibling with meningococcemia. Susceptibility testing of 331 case isolates found only 1 other case of rifampin-resistant disease in Minnesota, USA, during 11 years of statewide surveillance. Point mutations in the RNA polymerase Beta subunit (rpoB) gene were found in isolates from each rifampin-resistant case-patient.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1106.050143

Authors: Jean Rainbow, Elizabeth Cebelinski, Joanne Bartkus, Anita Glennen, Dave Boxrud, Ruth Lynfield

Institution: Minnesota Department of Health

Language: English

Topic: Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Subfield: Microbiology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Minnesota Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention