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Volume 18, Number 8—August 2012
Dispatch

Capsular Switching in Invasive Neisseria meningitidis, Brazil1

Terezinha M. P. P. CastiñeirasComments to Author , David E. Barroso, Jane W. Marsh, Mary M. Tulenko, Mary G. Krauland, Maria C. Rebelo, and Lee H. Harrison
Author affiliations: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro School of Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (T.M.P.P. Castiñeiras); Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro (D.E. Barroso); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (J.W. Marsh, M.M. Tulenko, M.G. Krauland, L.H. Harrison); and Central Laboratory Noel Nutels, Rio de Janeiro (M.C. Rebelo)

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients with confirmed serogroup B:4 and serogroup C:4 meningococcal disease, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2000–2009

Characteristic No. (%) serogroup B:4, n = 179 No. (%) serogroup C:4, n = 30 p value
Female sex 93 (52.0) 20(66.7) 0.14
Age group, y 0.046*

<1

 27 (15.1) 1 (3.3)

1–4

 50 (27.9) 7 (23.3)

5–14

 56 (31.3) 15(50.0)

15–24

 24 (13.4) 4 (13.4)

25–64

 22 (12.3) 3 (10.0)
Deceased 30 (16.8) 7(23.3) 0.38
Clinical features 0.11†

Septicemia without meningitis

 22 (12.3) 7(23.3)

Meningitis + septicemia

 93 (51.9) 12(40.0)

Meningitis only

 64 (35.8) 11(36.7)

*p value for comparison of 5–14 y versus all other age groups combined.
†p value for comparison of septicemia without meningitis versus other clinical syndromes combined.

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1This study was presented in part at the 17th International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference, September 11–16, 2010, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

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