Volume 9, Number 2—February 2003
Dispatch
Invasive Type e Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Italy
, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti*, Rita Cardines*, Stefania Salmaso*, Giovanna Renna*, Paola Mastrantonio*, and the Hi Study Group
Table 2
Clinical data of patients with Hie invasive disease and characterization of isolatesa
| Patient no. | Mo/yr of onset | Age | Gender | Signs and symptoms | Underlying condition | Outcome | Site of isolation | Biotype | PFGE pattern | Copy no. of cap e locus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
01/2000 |
75 |
M |
Bacteremic pneumonia |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
Died |
Blood |
IV |
1a |
1 |
| 2 |
05/2000 |
35 |
M |
Meningitis |
Head trauma from car accident |
Survived |
CSF |
IV |
2 |
1 |
| 3 |
10/2000 |
65 |
M |
Septicemia |
Retro-peritoneal sarcoma |
Died |
Blood |
IV |
1 |
1 |
| 4 |
02/2001 |
98 |
F |
Bacteremic pneumonia |
Chronic heart disease |
Died |
Blood |
IV |
1 |
1 |
| 5 | 12/2001 | 33 | F | Meningitis | None | Survived | CSF | I | 1 | 1 |
aHie, Haemophilus influenzae type e; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; M, male; F, female.
1Members of the Hi Study Group: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica: Patrizia Carbonari; Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI): Pierluigi Nicoletti, Antonio Goglio; Regione Piemonte: Angela Ruggenini Moiraghi, Stefania Orecchia, Annalisa Castella, and Carla Zotti; Provincia Autonoma di Trento: Valter Carraro, Iole Caola, and Anna Calì; Regione Veneto: Giovanni Gallo; Regione Liguria: Pietro Crovari, Cristina Giordano, Pietro Tixi, and Marina Lemmi; Regione Toscana: Paolo Bonanni, Alessia Tomei, Patrizia Pecile, Emanuela Balocchini, and Lucia Pecori; Regione Campania: Francesco Santonastasi, Loredana Cafaro, and Vittorio Pagano; Regione Puglia: Salvatore Barbuti and Maria Chironna.