Rifampin-resistant Meningococcal Disease

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 s...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Jean Rainbow, Elizabeth Cebelinski, Joanne Bartkus, Anita Glennen, Dave Boxrud, Ruth Lynfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-06-01
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Keywords: Antibiotic resistance
Neisseria meningitidis
meningococcal infections
chemoprophylaxis
rifampin
RNA polymerase beta subunit
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/6/05-0143_article

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