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Case Reports
. 2016 Jun;22(6):1136-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid2206.160160.

Pericarditis Caused by Hyperinvasive Strain of Neisseria meningitidis, Sardinia, Italy, 2015

Cecilia Fazio, Paolo Castiglia, Andrea Piana, Arianna Neri, Maria S Mura, Giorgia Caruana, Paola Vacca, Anna Anselmo, Andrea Ciammaruconi, Antonella Fortunato, Anna M Palozzi, Silvia Fillo, Florigio Lista, Paola Stefanelli
Case Reports

Pericarditis Caused by Hyperinvasive Strain of Neisseria meningitidis, Sardinia, Italy, 2015

Cecilia Fazio et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: C:P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6:ST-11(cc11); Italy; Neisseria meningitidis; Sardinia; bacteria; hyperinvasive strain; pericarditis; serogroup C.

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