Meningitis -- Liberia
In a follow-up on the cluster of acute illness and sudden deaths in Liberia, the World Health Organization (WHO) says the etiology has been established as meningococcal meningitis.
Out of 24 samples analysed, 13 were confirmed as _Neisseria meningitidis_ serotype C using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. In addition, 4 out of the 5 cases that manifested typical clinical features of meningococcal disease [purpura fulminans (seen in 4 cases), ecchymosis (2 cases), petechial rashes (4
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