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Title: Long-term persistence of a discotheque-associated invasive Neisseria meningitidis group C strain as proven by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and porA gene sequencing.

Authors: K Riesbeck, P Orvelid-Mölling, H Fredlund, P Olcén

Journal, date & volume: J. Clin. Microbiol., 2000 Apr , 38, 1638-40

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10747157

Abstract
A cluster of a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C strain causing invasive disease was investigated. Five out of seven cases were associated with a particular discotheque. The strains were indistinguishable, as revealed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and sequencing of variable regions of the porA gene, but caused strikingly different clinical presentations during 5 months.