Author/Editor		Čižman, Milan; Gubina, Marija; Paragi, Metka; Beović, Bojana; Lešničar, Gorazd; Kraigher, Alenka; Fišer, Jana; Kolman, Jana; Novak, Dušan; Drinovec, Borut; Harlander, Tatjana; Sabotin, Davorin; Božanić, Vinko; Gorišek, Jelka; Remec-Zafred, Tatjana; Knafelj, Zvonimir
Title		Meningococcal disease in Slovenia (1993-1999): serogroups and susceptibility to antibiotics
Type		članek
Source		Int J Antimicrob Agents
Vol. and No.		Letnik 17, št. 1
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 27-31
Language		eng
Abstract		The epidemiology of meningococcal disease was studied prospectively in Slovenia from 1993 to 1999 in children and from 1995 to 1999 in adult. Patients with meningococci isolated from normally sterile body sites were included in the study. Altogether 75 patients (57 children, 18 adults) were found with meningococcal diseases. The overall yearly incidence was 0.43 per 100 000 inhabitants. The highest annual incidence (18.5/100 000) was found in children between 1 month and 1 year of age. The case to fatality ration was 4.1%. Group B meningococci were isolated most frequently (84.7%), followed by group C (11.1%). In six patients (8.3%) isolates were less susceptible to penicillin. Four of these were succesfully treated with penicillin alone.
Descriptors		NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL SEROTYPING CHILD ADULT MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS SLOVENIA