Emergence of 2 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C clones in a French county.

Fabien Garnier (1, 2) , Mélanie Courouble (3) , François Denis (1, 2) , Marie-Cécile Ploy (1, 2)

1 Service de Bactériologie, Virologie, Hygiène [CHU Limoges]
2 EA3175 - Biologie moléculaire et cellulaire des microorganismes
3 Service de Pédiatrie médicale [CHU Limoges]

Between 2003 and 2007, we recovered 21 serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis isolates in the Haute-Vienne county of France. Multilocus sequence typing showed that 20 isolates belonged to the ST-11 clonal complex (8 to clone ET-15 and 12 to clone ET-37) and 1 to the ST-8 clonal complex.

Domaines: Microbiologie et Parasitologie

Fabien Garnier, Mélanie Courouble, François Denis, Marie-Cécile Ploy. Emergence of 2 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C clones in a French county.. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2011, 69 (3), pp.280-2. ⟨10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.024⟩. ⟨hal-00739650⟩