Imported Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Neisseria meningitidis

摘要

To the Editor: Emergence and spread of antimicrobial drug resistance in community-acquired infections is a global threat. Resistance of Neisseria meningitidis raises concern because of severity of disease caused by this organism and the need for immediate treatment of infected patients.We report an imported case of meningococcal disease caused by . u-oroquinolone-resistant N. meningiti-dis. The patient, a previously healthy, unvaccinated 43-year-old man who had traveled internationally, was hos-pitalized because of high fever, neck stiffness, and a diffuse petechial rash Signs and symptoms were observed 24 hours after he had returned to It-aly from a 10-day business trip dur-ing February–March 2009, to New Delhi and Chennai in India and a stopover of a few hours in Frankfurt, Germany