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Does cefotaxime eradicate nasopharyngeal carriage ofN meningiditis
  1. J Clark,
  2. R Lakshman,
  3. A Galloway,
  4. A Cant
  1. Newcastle General Hospital, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    J Clark, Department of Child Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK;
    julia.clark{at}nuth.northy.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.87.5.449-a

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    We enrolled 43 children admitted with an unequivocal clinical diagnosis of meningococcal sepsis into a study to determine whether cefotaxime eradicated nasopharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis. In 28 cases (70%) the diagnosis was confirmed by positive culture from blood, nose, throat, or skin scraping, detection of meningococcal DNA in blood by polymerase chain reaction, or convalescent meningococcal serology. All children were treated with intravenous cefotaxime for seven days. …

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