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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Dispatch

Increase in Meningococcal Serogroup W Disease, Victoria, Australia, 2013–2015

Kylie S. Carville1Comments to Author , Kerrie Stevens, Asma Sohail, Lucinda J. Franklin, Katherine A. Bond, Aicha Brahmi, Finn Romanes, and Katherine S. Ong
Author affiliations: Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.S. Carville, A. Sohail, L.J. Franklin, A. Brahmi, F. Romanes, K.S. Ong); Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Melbourne (K. Stevens, K.A. Bond); Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (K.A. Bond)

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Table

Characteristics of 22 patient with invasive meningococcal serogroup W disease, Victoria, Australia, January 1, 2013–December 31, 2015*

Characteristic All serogroup W W:P1.5,2:F1-1:ST11† Other ST†
Median age (range), IQR, y
 56 y (<1 mo–89 y), 23–72 y
 56 y (<1 mo–85 y), 25–72 y
45 y (<1 mo–89 y), 1–84 y
Indigenous status
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander 0 0 0
Non-Aboriginal 21 (95) 16 (100) 5 (100)
Unknown
 1 (5)
 0
 0
Manifestation with petechial rash
 2 (10)
 1 (6)
 0
Manifestation
Bacteremia 12 (55) 8 (50) 3 (60)
Septic arthritis 4 (18) 3 (19) 1 (20)
Meningitis
 1 (5)
 0
 1 (20)
Meningitis and bacteremia 2 (9) 2 (12) 0
Pneumonia 2 (9) 2 (12) 0
Epiglotittis
 1 (5)
 1 (6)
 0
Admission to intensive care unit 7 (32) 6 (38) 0
Death
 1 (5)
 0
 0
Total 22 16 5

*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated. IQR, interquartile range; ST, sequence type.
†Excludes 1 patient for whom ST was not determined.

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1Current affiliation: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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