Infection by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 belonging to the unusual clone ST-3342 in the Czech Republic

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a fatal case of meningococcemia caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 in 25 years-old woman with no recent travel history or previous contact with high-risk person in the Czech Republic because of maternal leave.

Keywords

• Meningitis
• W135
• sequence typing