First case of meningococcal meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in Slovenia, December 2010

A Trop Skaza; T Selic Kurincic; L Beskovnik; M Paragi; V Bozanic

doi:10.2807/ese.16.06.19786-en

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First case of meningococcal meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in Slovenia, December 2010
A Trop Skaza¹ , T Selic Kurincic² , L Beskovnik¹ , M Paragi³ , V Bozanic¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Public Health of Celje, Slovenia ² General Hospital of Celje, Slovenia ³ Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Citation style for this article: Trop Skaza A, Selic Kurincic T, Beskovnik L, Paragi M, Bozanic V. First case of meningococcal meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in Slovenia, December 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(6):pii=19786. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.06.19786-en Received: 17 Jan 2011

Abstract

We report here on the identification of the first meningococcal meningitis case in Slovenia caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in December 2010. The 19-year-old patient had not left the country during the incubation period. The patient was hospitalised and given the antibiotic treatment with cefotaxime very early in the course of the disease. The patient did not develop any complications during hospitalisation and was discharged on 5 January 2011.