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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Synopsis

Case Manifestations and Public Health Response for Outbreak of Meningococcal W Disease, Central Australia, 2017

Eva L. SudburyComments to Author , Siobhan O’Sullivan, David Lister, Deepa Varghese, and Keshan Satharasinghe
Author affiliations: Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

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Table 1

Diagnostic categories of patients with meningococcal serogroup W infection, Central Australia, 2017*

Diagnostic category (reference) Clinical signs/symptoms Site of MenW isolation by culture or PCR Additional investigations
Meningococcemia (28,29) Fever (temperature >38°C) without a focus Blood None
Meningitis Fever; any signs of meningism (e.g., headache, neck stiffness, photophobia) CSF None
Bacteremic pneumonia (7,26,27) Fever; cough Blood Radiologic consolidation by chest radiograph
Septic arthritis (7) Fever; joint pain and swelling Synovial fluid None
Conjunctivitis (10,11) Conjunctival inflammation with purulent discharge Eye discharge None

*CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; MenW, serogroup W of Neisseria meningitidis.

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