Meningococcal vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania

Kelly A Shaw; Alistair R McGregor; Roscoe E Taylor; Jan Williamson; Avner Misrachi; David J Coleman; Lynne Andrewartha

Meningococcal vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania

Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2005;29(2):160-4.

Authors

Kelly A Shaw¹, Alistair R McGregor, Roscoe E Taylor, Jan Williamson, Avner Misrachi, David J Coleman, Lynne Andrewartha

Affiliation

¹ Public Health Registrar, Department of Health and Human Services, Hobart, Tasmania. Kelly.shaw@dhhs.tas.gov.au

PMID: 16119764

Abstract

The following is a report of an unusual family cluster of group C invasive meningococcal disease in Tasmania. This unusual case cluster raises several important issues of public health significance regarding vaccine failure and nucleic acid amplification testing use in the setting of invasive meningococcal disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Cluster Analysis
Family Health
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Meningococcal Infections / drug therapy
Meningococcal Infections / microbiology*
Meningococcal Infections / prevention & control*
Meningococcal Vaccines*
Tasmania / epidemiology
Treatment Failure

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Meningococcal Vaccines