Recurrent meningococcal infection with an antigenically identical strain.

Meningococcal infection usually confers immunity in the form of bactericidal antibodies to both the infecting and unrelated strains of meningococci. Recurrent attacks are rare and documentation of the serogroup involved in both episodes of such attacks is rarer still. A case of recurrent group B meningococcal disease occurred in a child who developed bactericidal antibodies to both infecting strains. Both serogroup and serotype antigens of the two infecting strains were identical. ( JAMA 229:68-70, 1974)

[1]  D. Kasper,et al.  Antigenic specificity of bactericidal antibodies in antisera to Neisseria meningitidis. , 1973, The Journal of infectious diseases.

[2]  J. Kenny.  Bacterial variants in central nervous system infections in infants and children. , 1972, The Journal of pediatrics.

[3]  M. Artenstein,et al.  Identification of an epidemic strain of group C Neisseria meningitidis by bactericidal serotyping. , 1971, The Journal of infectious diseases.

[4]  I. J. Mcdonald,et al.  Influence of cultural conditions on the lipopolysaccharide composition of Neisseria sicca. , 1971, Journal of general microbiology.

[5]  D. Applegarth,et al.  Effect of ampicillin therapy on urinary amino acid patterns. , 1970, The New England journal of medicine.

[6]  F. Wyle,et al.  New Classification of Neisseria meningitidis by Means of Bactericidal Reactions , 1970, Infection and immunity.

[7]  M. Artenstein,et al.  HUMAN IMMUNITY TO THE MENINGOCOCCUS , 1969, The Journal of experimental medicine.

[8]  M. Artenstein,et al.  HUMAN IMMUNITY TO THE MENINGOCOCCUS , 1969, The Journal of experimental medicine.

[9]  J. Rust,et al.  Studies on immunity in meningococcal meningitis. , 1966 .

[10]  Vanpeenen Pf.  SECOND ATTACKS OF MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS. , 1965 .

[11]  D. N. Wright,et al.  Effects of Growth Rate and Limiting Substrate on Glucose Metabolism in Escherichia coli , 1965, Journal of bacteriology.

[12]  R. Petersdorf,et al.  Studies on the pathogenesis of meningitis. II. Development of meningitis during pneumococcal bacteremia. , 1962, The Journal of clinical investigation.