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Division Laboratory Criteria

United Kingdom

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At least one of the following four:

  • Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis from a normally sterile site, or from purpuric skin lesions

  • Detection of Neisseria meningitidis nucleic acid from a normally sterile site, or from purpuric skin lesions

  • Detection of Neisseria meningitidis antigen in CSF

  • Detection of Gram-negative stained diplococcus in CSF