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 2
Characteristics of patients with serogroup W135 and non-W135 meningococcal disease, Florida, USA, May 2008–April 2009
| Variable | No. positive/no. tested (%) |
p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| W135, n = 14 | Non-W135, n = 38 | ||
| Female sex | 8/14 (57) | 22/38 (58) | 1.00 |
| White race | 8/14 (57) | 30/38 (79) | 0.16 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 7/14 (50) | 7/38 (18) | 0.04 |
| Residence in southeast region | 14/14 (100) | 12/38 (32) | <0.0001 |
| Bacteremia | 12/14 (86) | 24/38 (63) | 0.18 |
| Meningitis | 2/14 (14) | 13/38 (34) | 0.30 |
| Pneumonia | 1/14 (7) | 5/38 (13) | 1.00 |
| Death | 4/14 (29) | 4/38 (11) | 0.19 |
*By 2-sided Fisher exact test used for categorical variables; Wilcoxon rank-sum test used for age. Median age for W135 patients, 45 years; median age for non-W135 patients, 27 years; p value = 0.07.
