Penicillin Use in Meningococcal Disease Management: Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Sites, 2009. (13th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blain, Amy E.; Mandal, Sema; Wu, Henry; MacNeil, Jessica R.; Harrison, Lee H.; Farley, Monica M.; Lynfield, Ruth; Miller, Lisa; Nichols, Megin; Petit, Sue; Reingold, Arthur; Schaffner, William; Thomas, Ann; Zansky, Shelley M.; Anderson, Raydel; Harcourt, Brian H.; Mayer, Leonard W.; Clark, Thomas A.; Cohn, Amanda C.
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 3:Number 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-07-13
• Subjects: antimicrobial resistance -- meningitis -- meningococcal disease -- Neisseria meningitidis; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: In 2009, in the Active Bacterial Core surveillance sites, penicillin was not commonly used to treat meningococcal disease. This is likely because of inconsistent availability of antimicrobial susceptibility testing and ease of use of third-generation cephalosporins. Consideration of current practices may inform future meningococcal disease management guidelines.