Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Dispatch
Cluster of Serogroup W135 Meningococci, Southeastern Florida, 2008–2009
Timothy J. Doyle
, Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry, Paul Fiorella, Fermin Leguen, John Livengood, Robyn Kay, and Richard Hopkins
, Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry, Paul Fiorella, Fermin Leguen, John Livengood, Robyn Kay, and Richard HopkinsTable 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, southeastern Florida, USA, 2008–2009*
| Case ID | Age, y/ sex | Race | Hispanic ethnicity | County | Month of onset | Onset near birthday† | Syndrome | Specimen source | Outcome | PFGE group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39/M | White | Y | Broward | 2008 May | Y | B | Blood | Survived | 1 |
| 2 | 1/M | White | Y | Miami-Dade | 2008 Dec | Y | M | CSF | Survived | 1 |
| 3 | 29/M | White | Y | Palm Beach | 2009 Jan | N | M | CSF | Survived | 1 |
| 4 | 83/M | White | Y | Miami-Dade | 2009 Jan | Y | B, P | Blood | Died | 1 |
| 5 | 84/F | White | Y | Miami-Dade | 2009 Jan | N | B | Blood | Survived | 1 |
| 6 | 26/F | Black | N | Miami-Dade | 2009 Jan | Y | B | Blood | Survived | 1 |
| 7 | 70/M | White | Y | Miami-Dade | 2009 Feb | N | B | Blood | Survived | 1 |
| 8 | 50/F | Black | N | Miami-Dade | 2009 Feb | N | B | Blood | Survived | 1 |
| 9 | 77/F | Black | N | Miami-Dade | 2009 Feb | N | B | Blood | Survived | 2 |
| 10 | 58/F | Black | N | Broward | 2009 Mar | Y | B | Blood | Died | 4 |
| 11 | 20/F | White | N | Miami-Dade | 2009 Mar | N | B | Blood | Died | 1 |
| 12 | 69/F | White | Y | Miami-Dade | 2009 Apr | N | B | Blood | Survived | 4 |
| 13 | 26/F | Black | N | Miami-Dade‡ | 2009 Apr | Y | B | Blood | Died | 3 |
| 14 | 19/M | Black | N | Miami-Dade | 2009 Apr | N | B | Blood | Survived | 1 |
*ID, identification; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; B, bacteremia; M, meningitis; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; P, pneumonia.
†Within 10 days, before or after.
‡Foreign tourist visitor to Miami-Dade County.
