Does eradication of meningococcal carriage in household contacts prevent secondary cases of meningococcal disease?

BMJ. 1989 Mar 4;298(6673):569-70. doi: 10.1136/bmj.298.6673.569.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Carrier State / prevention & control*
  • Family Health
  • Humans
  • Meningococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Meningococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Meningococcal Infections / transmission
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification
  • Rifampin / administration & dosage
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Rifampin