Clinical presentation and outcome of twenty cases of Invasive Meningococcal Disease due to Serogroup C - Clonal complex 11 in the Florence province, Italy, 2015-2016

Francesco Maria Fusco; Filippo Baragli; Barbara Del Pin; Rosario Spina; Italo Calamai; Patrizia Pecile; Eleonora Riccobono; Francesco Nieddu; Maria Moriondo; Alessandro Miglietta; Fabio Voller; Cecilia Fazio; Paola Stefanelli; Massimo Di Pietro

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2016.12.001

Clinical presentation and outcome of twenty cases of Invasive Meningococcal Disease due to Serogroup C - Clonal complex 11 in the Florence province, Italy, 2015-2016

J Infect. 2017 Feb;74(2):210-213. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.12.001. Epub 2016 Dec 8.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: francescomaria.fusco@uslcentro.toscana.it.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: filippo.baragli@uslcentro.toscana.it.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: barbara.delpin@uslcentro.toscana.it.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Empoli, Italy. Electronic address: rosario.spina@uslcentro.toscana.it.
⁵ Intensive Care Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Empoli, Italy. Electronic address: italo.calamai@uslcentro.toscana.it.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: pecilep@aou-careggi.toscana.it.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: eleonora.riccobono@gmail.com.
⁸ Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Meyer Children's Hospital, Reference Center for IMD Diagnosis in Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.nieddu@meyer.it.
⁹ Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Meyer Children's Hospital, Reference Center for IMD Diagnosis in Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: maria.moriondo@meyer.it.
¹⁰ Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy; Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.miglietta@uslcentro.toscana.it.
¹¹ Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.voller@ars.toscana.it.
¹² Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: cecilia.fazio@iss.it.
¹³ Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paola.stefanelli@iss.it.
¹⁴ Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: massimo.dipietro@uslcentro.toscana.it.

PMID: 27940176
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.12.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency Departments; Invasive Meningococcal Disease; Neisseria meningitidis; Septic shock.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Italy
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Meningococcal Infections*
Meningococcal Vaccines
Neisseria meningitidis / immunology
Serogroup*

Substances

Meningococcal Vaccines