Response to a Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Case Among Military Trainees

Joseph E. Marcus; William N. Bennett; Dianne N. Frankel; John W. Kieffer; Theresa M. Casey; Amanda E. Huston; Courtney N. Hintz; Alexander P. Keller; Michael T. Smolka; Cynthia S. Sikorski; Heather C. Yun; Matthew J. Dolan; John L. Kiley

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac162

Response to a Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Case Among Military Trainees

Joseph E. Marcus^*, William N. Bennett, Dianne N. Frankel, John W. Kieffer, Theresa M. Casey, Amanda E. Huston, Courtney N. Hintz, Alexander P. Keller, Michael T. Smolka, Cynthia S. Sikorski, Heather C. Yun, Matthew J. Dolan, John L. Kiley

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We describe the public health response to a military trainee who developed serogroup B meningococcal disease while sharing underwater breathing equipment. Despite high transmission risk, with rapid isolation and postexposure prophylaxis administration, there were no secondary cases. This case supports carefully weighing serogroup B meningococcal vaccination in high-risk settings.

Original language	English
Article number	ofac162
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac162
State	Published - 1 May 2022

Keywords

Meningitis
Meningococcal infection
Neisseria meningitidis
Serogroup B meningococcal meningitis

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Marcus, J. E., Bennett, W. N., Frankel, D. N., Kieffer, J. W., Casey, T. M., Huston, A. E., Hintz, C. N., Keller, A. P., Smolka, M. T., Sikorski, C. S., Yun, H. C., Dolan, M. J., & Kiley, J. L. (2022). Response to a Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Case Among Military Trainees. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9(5), Article ofac162. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac162

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