Elias Johannes, Claus Heike, Frosch Matthias, Vogel Ulrich
National Reference Centre for Meningococci, Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Nov;44(11):4276-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00613-06. Epub 2006 Aug 30.
Nosocomial transmission of Neisseria meningitidis has only rarely been reported. Here, we present a significant spatiotemporal association of two cases of invasive meningococcal disease identified by retrospective cluster analysis with the program SaTScan. The most likely epidemiological link was simultaneous hospitalization, resulting in indirect nosocomial transmission.
脑膜炎奈瑟菌的医院内传播鲜有报道。在此,我们通过使用SaTScan程序进行回顾性聚类分析,呈现了两例侵袭性脑膜炎球菌病病例之间显著的时空关联。最可能的流行病学关联是同时住院,导致了间接的医院内传播。