[Serotyping of Neisseria meningitides in conscripts with meningitis admitted to five military hospital in Tehran between September 2004 and September 2006]

ABSTRACT

Background: Meningococcal meningitis is one of the most feared disorders with high rate morbidity and mortality. There is no exact information of meningococcal meningitis incidence in military personnel. Obligate vaccination of the military with meningococcal vaccine is a strategy with the potency to provide active protection of the conscripts before being dispatched to training centers. Although, sporadic cases of meningitis in conscripts occurred. The aim of this study was serotyping of the bacterium; Neisseria meningitides isolated from patients with meningitis which admitted to five military Hospitals