Abstract
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Highlights
Neisseria meningitidis, which in most instances asymptomatically colonises the human nasopharynx, may cause rapid-onset septicaemia or meningitis – conditions that are referred to as invasive meningococcal disease (IMD)
In addition to this mandatory notification, there is a laboratory-based surveillance system run by the National Reference Centre for Bacterial Meningitis
This centre collects all bacterial isolates from hospital laboratories as well as clinical materials from people with community-acquired invasive bacterial infections, including IMD
Summary
Neisseria meningitidis, which in most instances asymptomatically colonises the human nasopharynx, may cause rapid-onset septicaemia or meningitis – conditions that are referred to as invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). All local Sanitary Inspectorates are required to report the cases to the National Institute of Public Health National Institute of Hygiene, which collates the information from the whole country In addition to this mandatory notification, there is a laboratory-based surveillance system run by the National Reference Centre for Bacterial Meningitis. This centre collects all bacterial isolates from hospital laboratories as well as clinical materials (to be used if bacterial culture fails) from people with community-acquired invasive bacterial infections, including IMD This activity is crucial for monitoring national trends in IMD and for detecting clusters or outbreaks of the disease, and enabling correct medical and epidemiological management
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