Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008.

Harris CM, Wu HM, Li J, Hall HI, Lee A, Zell E, Harrison LH, Petit S, Farley MM, Lynfield R, Miller L, Nichols M, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Thomas A, MacNeil JR, Clark TA, Cohn AC. Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008. Open forum infectious diseases. 2016 Oct;3(3). ofw226. PMID: 28018927 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5170493

Abstract

Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.