TABLE 3.
Characteristics of N. meningitidis strains from complement-deficient patients with multiple disease episodes and interval between episodesa
| Complement deficiency | First episode
|
Second episode
|
Serogroup:serotype: serosubtype (ET) of third isolate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serogroup:serotype:serosubtype (ET) of first isolate | Interval (yr) | Serogroup:serotype:serosubtype (ET) of second isolate | Interval (yr) | ||
| C3NeF | B:4:P1.4 (ET-16) | 1.3 | C:4:P1.15 (ET-50) | ||
| NI | C:NT:NT (ET-34) | 2 | W135:NT:NT (ET-18) | ||
| C3 | Y:4:P1.12 (ET-5) | 3 | C:NT:P1.5 (ET-35) | ||
| C3 | B:2a:P1.2 (ET-42) | 0.13 | B:2a:P1.2 (ET-42) | 3 | B:15:P1.4P1.7 (ET-17) |
| C5 | X:4:P1.7 (ET-7) | 0.33 | B:4:NT (ET-8) | ||
| C7 | X:4:P1.1P1.2 (ET-9) | 1 | C:NT:P1.1P1.7 (ET-4) | 1 | Z:nt:P1.2 (ET-1) |
| C7 | B:nt:P1.6 (ET-18) | 5 | C:2a:P1.2P1.5 (ET-46) | ||
| C8 | Y:NT:NT (ET-33) | 0.6 | C:2a:NT (ET-43) | 1.25 | B:4:P1.4 (ET-37) |
a
NI, not identified; NT, not typeable.