Etienne J, Sperber G, Adamou A, Picq J J
Centre d'Etude et de Recherche pour les Méningocoques et les Schistosomiases (C.E.R.M.E.S.) Niamey Niger.
Med Trop (Mars). 1990 Apr;50(2):227-9.
From 19th February to 15th April 1990, 22 strains of meningococcus belonging to serogroup X have been identified by the Centre for Study and Research on meningitidis and Schistosomiases (CERMES) at Niamey (Niger). Serogroup X has been confirmed by the Centre Collaborating WHO of Reference and Training for Meningococci (CCOMSRFM) at Marseille (France). These strains have been isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of patients suffering from cerebrospinal meningitis and living in different neighbourhoods of Niamey. Apparition of cases of meningococcal meningitis with other serogroups than A implies identification of serogroup of meningococcus in intertropical Africa.
1990年2月19日至4月15日，尼亚美（尼日尔）的脑膜炎和血吸虫病研究中心（CERMES）鉴定出22株属于X群的脑膜炎球菌。法国马赛的世界卫生组织脑膜炎球菌参考和培训合作中心（CCOMSRFM）已确认其为X群。这些菌株是从患有脑脊膜炎且生活在尼亚美不同街区的患者的脑脊液中分离出来的。在热带非洲，出现除A群以外其他血清群的脑膜炎球菌性脑膜炎病例意味着要鉴定脑膜炎球菌的血清群。
