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Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023
Dispatch

Severe Streptococcus equi Subspecies zooepidemicus Outbreak from Unpasteurized Dairy Product Consumption, Italy

Serena Bosica, Alexandra ChiaveriniComments to Author , Maria Elisabetta De Angelis, Antonio Petrini, Daniela Averaimo, Michele Martino, Marco Rulli, Maria Antonietta Saletti, Maria Chiara Cantelmi, Franco Ruggeri, Fabrizio Lodi, Paolo Calistri, Francesca Cito, Cesare Cammà, Marco Di Domenico, Antonio Rinaldi, Paolo Fazii, Fabrizio Cedrone, Giuseppe Di Martino, Patrizia Accorsi, Daniela Morelli, Nicola De Luca, Francesco Pomilio, Giustino Parruti, and Giovanni Savini
Author affiliations: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale,” Teramo, Italy (S. Bosica, A. Chiaverini, M.E. De Angelis, A. Petrini, D. Aberaimo, M. Martino, M. Rulli, M.A. Saletti, M.C. Cantemi, P. Calistri, F. Cito, C. Cammà, M. Di Domenico, A. Rinaldi, D. Morelli, F. Pomilio, G. Savini); University of Teramo, Teramo (M.C. Cantelmi, F. Cito); Azienda USL di Pescara, Pescara, Italy (F. Ruggeri, F. Lodi, G. Di Martino, P. Accorsi, N. De Luca); Presidio Ospedaliero “Santo Spirito,” Pescara (P. Fazii, F. Cedrone, G. Parruti)

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Table 1

Patient characteristics in study of severe Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus outbreak from unpasteurized dairy product consumption in central Italy during November 2021–May 2022*

Characteristics Value
Total no. patients 37
Patients with symptoms 35 (94.6)
Hospitalized patients 23 (62.2)
Patient deaths† 5 (13.5)
Male patients 16 (43.2)
Age range (median), y
 6–98 (79)
Age group, y
<15 1
16–39 1
40–59 4
60–79 12
>80
 19
Symptoms
Fever 27 (75)
Diarrhea 6 (16.7)
Headache 5 (13.9)
Vomiting 4 (11.1)
Septicemia 3 (8.3)
Cystitis 2 (5.6)
Pharyngitis 2 (5.6)

*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. †Number of hospitalized patients who died.

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