Death from invasive meningococcal disease following close contact with a case of primary meningococcal conjunctivitis--Langley, British Columbia, 1999

Can Commun Dis Rep. 2001 Jan 15;27(2):13-8.

[Article in English, French]

Authors

J M Bigham¹, M E Hutcheon, D M Patrick, A J Pollard

Affiliation

¹ Communicable Disease Epidemiology, University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver.

PMID: 11227821

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteremia / etiology
Bacteremia / therapy
British Columbia
Child, Preschool
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / transmission*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Male
Meningococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Meningococcal Infections / transmission*
Mothers
Risk Assessment