A cluster of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci in France, April 2012

I Mounchetrou Njoya; A E Deghmane; M K Taha; H Isnard; I Parent du Châtelet

doi:10.2807/ese.17.34.20254-en

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A cluster of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci in France, April 2012
I Mounchetrou Njoya¹ , A E Deghmane² , M K Taha² , H Isnard¹ , I Parent du Châtelet³
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Affiliations: ¹ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire; InVS), Ile-de-France and Champagne-Ardenne, France ² Institut Pasteur, National Reference Center for Meningococci, Paris, France ³ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire; InVS), Saint Maurice, France

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Citation style for this article: Mounchetrou Njoya I, Deghmane A E, Taha M K, Isnard H, Parent du Châtelet I. A cluster of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci in France, April 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(34):pii=20254. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.34.20254-en Received: 10 Aug 2012

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Abstract

In April 2012, a cluster of two cases of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci was reported in the Champagne-Ardenne region, France. The two cases occurred in a student population living in the same town but studying at different schools. Bacteriological and epidemiological investigations of cases have shown that the isolates of both cases were non-differentiable.