Italy -Toscana: third death from meningitis in Empoli-Valdelsa - 6 total deaths in three months

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Meningitis, 3 years old baby hospitalized

FLORENCE-a three-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital Meyer in Florence for meningitis type B, not C, which is the most dangerous. The small, San Giuliano Terme, in the province of Pisa, is in prognosis, but is responding to treatment. The child attends public kindergarten Ghezzano, Pisa, San Giuliano Terme and the doctors of hygiene and public health of Asl 5, coordinated by Emanuela De Franco, said in a note, 'health prophylaxis are running on all those who came into contact with the little patient?. Remember that Asl to children born from 2014 the vaccine is free and that vaccination against meningitis B is strongly recommended. The Asl also invites parents to contact their family pediatrician who will provide all the necessary information on vaccination.

In Tuscany were recorded 33 cases of meningitis: meningococcal C 27, meningococcal B 4, 1 W and 1 strain is not known. Seven deaths: meningococcal C 6 three-12, 16 and 34 years-in Asl Empoli 11, one of 82 years in 10 of Florence, one of 31 years in 8 of Arezzo, one of 44 years in the Asl 4 di Prato); Meningococcal B, one of 48 years, in Asl 1 of Massa Carrara.



http://corrierefiorentino.corriere....4f-11e5-8a35-85b57ae5d6f8.shtml?refresh_ce-cp

 

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Source: http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/e...-hospitalized-with-meningitis-in-Tuscany.html

Three-year-old girl hospitalized with meningitis in Tuscany
14/10/2015
Seven dead so far since beginning of year

Pisa, October 14 - Tuscan public health officials on Wednesday called for anyone who came into contact with a three-year-old meningitis patient to come forward for potentially life-saving treatment. The three-year-old girl who fell ill with meningitis type B was hospitalized in Florence last night, officials said. She goes to public kindergarten in the village of Ghezzano near the Tuscan spa town of San Giuliano Terme...

 

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Meningitis in Tuscany, a young man of 26 years

Florence. New case in Tuscany, 35? meningitis this year: a young man of 26 years, is hospitalized since Tuesday 24 at a hospital in Florence. Examinations, explains the SLA, the strain is of the type C, what has affected 29 of 35 cases and to whom we owe the death in 6 of the 7 fatal cases. Already subjected to prophylaxis those closest to the young and sanitary ware. Appeal then to turn to how many healthcare during the night between 20 and 21 November were Florentine premises Dolce Zucchero and Twentyone frequented by 26-year-old that evening.



http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/regione...cana-colpito-un-giovane-di-26-anni-1.12508193

 

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Source: http://www.ansa.it/english/news/gen...tis_550d9df5-4a59-4c6d-a22a-3adcd339e7ae.html


Woman hospitalized with meningitis
37th case in Tuscany this year

(ANSA) - Florence, December 23 - A housewife has been hospitalized with bacterial meningitis, the 37th case of the infectious disease in Tuscany this year, public health officials said Wednesday.
The 65-year-old resident of the town of Lastra a Signa, near Florence, was admitted to the intensive care unit of San Giovanni di Dio Hospital...

 

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Pistoia: meningitis C, infected a retired of Buggiano

Pistoia. Is hospitalized since Sunday 27 in the Department of infectious diseases at the Hospital San Jacopo of Pistoia, a 67-year-old patient of the commune of Buggiano which confirmed the diagnosis of type C meningococcal infection. The Department of prevention health unit immediately alerted and medical staff have already subjected to antibiotic therapy, family members and persons with whom the Lord, in the days prior to the onset of illness, has had close contact (especially some close relatives and friends).



http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/pistoia...-di-natale-nello-stesso-ristorante-1.12686169

 

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New case of type C meningitis, a 58 year old in severe conditions

New case of meningococcal meningitis type C. To be struck, a 58-year practitioner of Empoli. It is, in fact, a serious disease that manifests itself initially with fever, severe headache, nausea and vomiting and, if left untreated, can lead to death within a short time. mondotivu.info (adsbygoogle. adsbygoogle | []) push ({}); The Asl Tuscany Center would already activated prophylaxis for relatives and for people who, in recent times, had contact with Stephan. Among them were 38 cases, 7 deaths (6 related to group C, 1 Group B). This is the fortieth case in Tuscany by 2015 and the second in 2016. An infection which cured after first aid.



http://mondotivu.info/2016/01/09/69716-nuovo-caso-meningite-tipo-c-grave-58enne.html

 

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Three new cases in one day

Meningitis in Tuscany, now it is feared the epidemic

Three cases in one day and in Tuscany's new emergency meningitis. Lawn, Bari and Arezzo: two patients infected with the bacterium C and one probably from bacteria of type W/Y. Since the beginning of the year, are already five cases except the College of Grosseto that studies in Bologna. The disease manifests as a pace that so far has no equal in Italy. But mostly, says the National Institute of health-is unprecedented as to duration and persistence. The situation is alarming: 43 cases in a year or so. And it still hasn't arrived cold, expected by early next week. With cold-fear the National Institute of health-illness could reach new peaks, whereas the transmission is favored by contact indoors. But even without pessimistic forecasts, the picture is bleak.



http://m.iltirreno.gelocal.it/regio...-in-toscana-ora-si-teme-l-epidemia-1.12781431

 

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Meningitis, 65-year-old dies in Pescia: in 2016 2 dead in Tuscany

Meningitis, another victim in Tuscany. It is a 65-year-old woman, died in the early morning yesterday, Sunday, January 31, at the Hospital of Pescia, Pistoia. The woman had come to the emergency room in the previous evening, Saturday, and had been diagnosed as explained by the managers of the SLA, infected with meningococci C.La victim was a pensioner living in Monsummano Terme. On arrival at the hospital the fever was already high-explain the Asl-. The situation has been aggravated and the woman died in the intensive care unit.



http://www.firenzetoday.it/cronaca/meningite-toscana-1-febbraio-2016.html

 

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New case of meningitis C, hospitalized a twenty-two year-old

A new case of meningitis in Tuscany. A 22-year-old boy is hospitalized in Ponte a Nagal with illness and once again to provoke was meningococcal C. The company triggered health prophylaxis among all the people who have been in contact with the young man, hospitalized in intensive care in recent days. Yesterday a woman had died of the same disease in Pistoia. The young man admitted last night he was vaccinated against the bacteria that hit him in January 2008.



http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca.../?ref=HREC1-10

 

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Ten cases of meningitis in Tuscany since the beginning of the year, two dead

Two new shelters for meningitis in Tuscany, which since the beginning of the year has thus ten, with two patients who died. The last hit are a 22-year-old American, in prognosis to the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence, and a 71 in intensive care at a hospital in Prato. A recurrence of cases that has again sparked a boom in requests for vaccinations. 'For the moment there are vaccines? guarantees Stefania Saccardi, regional councillor for right to health.


In this age group are the two deceased persons in 2016, both for meningococci C: a 58-year-old di Fucecchio (Florence) died on January 26 and a woman of 65 years died on January 31 at a hospital in Pescia (Pistoia).



http://www.lastampa.it/2016/02/05/i...-due-morti-3qulvdXZRLHRbkLYWpAdlM/pagina.html

 

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New case of meningococcal meningitis C hit a 50-year-old

A woman is hospitalized at Careggi for infection with meningococcus C. Fifty years and is resident in Campi Bisenzio. Works in a shop by Montelupo Fiorentino. The Asl has already made your contact prophylaxis, i.e. the people who have met over the past 10 days. This is family, friends, colleagues, in addition to medical personnel that followed it. His condition would not be severe, responds to treatment. With that now rises to 41 cases of infection caused by meningococcus C in Tuscany since January last year. Only 10 were diagnosed this year.



http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronac...cco_c_si_tratta_di_un_cinquantenne-132959820/

 

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Meningitis, the extraordinary measures: vaccine for free to everyone in the central area of Tuscany

Free vaccination to all citizens of any age who live in the area of Tuscany Asl (which includes the former Asl 3 of Pistoia, Prato, Florence, 11 4 10 Empoli); reduced ticket for citizens over 45 years living in the rest of Tuscany. Availability of Aifa (Italian drug agency) to help the region in obtaining vaccines and in negotiating the price. A study by the National Institute of health vaccine the duration of protection

The cases date to date to date, 12 cases of meningitis that occurred in Tuscany in 2016: 10 meningococcal C, 1 meningococcal B. 1 meningococcal W. 38 cases were recorded in 2015:31 strain C, B strain 5, W strain 1, untyped 1. The deaths from the beginning of 2015 are 9: 8 related to group C, 1 to Group B . The January 31, 2016 (updating data is monthly) from the start of the extraordinary campaign are vaccinated in Tuscany 258,562 people: 139,372 11-20 age group, 119,190 in 20-45. Pediatricians who have joined the campaign include the 72.8%, general practitioners on 58.2%.




http://www.lanazione.it/meningite-toscana-misure-1.1719076

 

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Elder died of meningitis in Prato, is the third death in 2016

The 75-year-old pratese hospitalized since last February 3 in the intensive care unit of the hospital Santo Stefano di Prato, C strain meningitis infected, died this morning. The confirmation comes from the healthcare enterprise. It is the third death since the beginning of the year in Tuscany between the 12 cases registered, 10 of whom meningococcal C. In 2015 were 50 cases, 9 of them fatal.


https://www.lastampa.it/2016/02/14/...ecesso-nel-pJkLQdrDDuzK0bwha2tUWI/pagina.html

 

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Meningitis C: a Quarrata boy hospitalized in Pistoia

PISTOIA. He spent the night of Wednesday, February 17 at San Jacopo a young man of 24 years, residing in the municipality of Quarrata. The young man, come to the emergency room on Tuesday evening accompanied by some colleagues who found him lying on the ground, it was diagnosed Wednesday afternoon meningitis type C. The confirmation came from the laboratory of the University Hospital Company immunology Meyer of Florence

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Prophylaxis HAUNTED BAR AND TWO PLANES


The prevention department of the area Pistoia, through functional public health units, he promptly started the epidemiological investigation and is sottoponendeo prophylaxis people in the 14 days preceding the onset of the disease have had close contact with the young. The boy, as mentioned, is a resident in the municipality of Quarrata and antibiotic prophylaxis was administered to family members and colleagues to wash




http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/pistoia...e-c-colpita-una-ragazza-di-24-anni-1.12973590

 

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Tuscany, Grosseto: 82 years old with meningitis in resuscitation

GROSSETO ? a man of 82-year-old resident in Grosseto, is hospitalized from February 20 day today in the intensive care unit of the Hospital of the provincial capital, for bacterial meningitis. It's really a dark year in Tuscany, from meningococcal infections, especially of strain c. to Grosseto is the 14th case of meningitis registered in the region since early this year. Already 4, of these 14 cases were fatal. Over the course of the meningitis cases were recorded 38 2015 in Tuscany. Which means that in less than two months in 2016 has already occurred over a third of cases the previous year.

http://www.firenzepost.it/2016/02/2...-grosseto-anziano-di-82-anni-in-rianimazione/

 

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Meningitis for 82 year old, not from meningococcus, but caused by listeria, not human-to-human transmissible

http://www.ansa.it/toscana/notizie/...nne_380bd71f-7487-4f44-8048-b0fe53604967.html

 

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Meningitis: 62-year old man hospitalized from now to s. Stefano di Prato. He was vaccinated yesterday

Confirmation that it is meningitis type 'C' arrived in the early afternoon from the laboratory of Immunology regional reference University Hospital Meyer of Firenze.Il Department of prevention of the Pistoia area has already started the epidemiological investigation and prophylaxis is people who in fourteen days prior to the onset of the disease have had close contact with the patient in particular have already been subjected to prophylaxis.



http://www.toscanaoggi.it/Toscana/M...al-S.-Stefano-di-Prato.-Si-era-vaccinato-ieri

 

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Meningitis in Tuscany. The circular of the Ministry

The Ministry of Health issued a circular containing directions to the regions to strengthen surveillance, in order to monitor the situation on the remaining national territory and, if necessary, implement new control strategies in relation to cases of meningococcal meningitis c. At the time it was not considered necessary to prepare special recommendations for people who go for occasional trips (and tourists) in the areas most affected by the increase of cases (USL Tuscany Center), but it insists that local attendance very busy for a few hours (e.g. clubs), alcohol use and smoking habits, during periods with an increasing incidence of invasive meningococcal disease may increase the risk of infection through close contact with potential carriers. The memo, signed by the Director General for the prevention of War, remember that Ranieri 31 cases, including 6 deaths, attributable to serogroup C, reported in 2015 to national surveillance system (compared to 2 of the 3 2014 and 2013), 12 cases have been recorded in February 26, 2016 invasive meningococcal C disease, of which 4 with fatal outcome. Although the number of cases is relatively high, only since it was much higher than expected, were undertaken by the region of Tuscany, both immediate control measures with chemoprophylaxis and the epidemiological investigations, whether a vaccination campaign that gradually extended the offer of vaccination for adolescents, adults and elderly people, having been recorded cases in all age groups.



http://www.quotidianosanita.it/governo-e-parlamento/articolo.php?articolo_id=37070

 

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Meningitis, 34-year-old hospitalized

FLORENCE, 17 MAR-new case of meningitis in Tuscany. It is admitted by the hospital's infectious disease Department this afternoon in Santa Maria Annunziata in Florence, unagiovane woman to whom was confirmed positive meningococccus C . The patient, who has 34 years and risultaresidente in the municipality of Rufina (Firenze), had reached last seraal emergency department-emergency room, following persistent fever. The clinical condition of the patient present allastato-health-reports are stable and that's why I was given indication of hospitalization in infectious disease. The young woman said they did not perform lavaccinazione against meningococcal type C disease. After you confirm the infection was promptly initiated prevention daldipartimento-hygiene and public health, epidemiological investigation that is still ongoing.




http://www.ansa.it/toscana/notizie/...nne_4e1b4f74-8111-4598-a5f3-c02407362a26.html

 

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Empoli, meningitis: 38 year-old hospitalized in intensive care. In Tuscany 16 cases since the beginning of 2016

Empoli ? type C meningitis case in Tuscany: it is a 38 year-old, admitted to hospital in Garran. As explained by the Asl, the prognosis is reserved and the man was transferred to the ICU. Always from the findings, the 38 year-old wouldn't have been vaccinated. With that now, according to data last week released by Region total rises to 16 cases of meningitis occurring in Tuscany in 2016:14 1 meningococcal B, meningococcal C, 1 W. 38 cases were recorded in 2015:31 strain C, 5 1 B strain, strain W, untyped 1. Deaths by early 2016 are 4, all related to the Group C



http://www.firenzepost.it/2016/03/2...nsiva-in-toscana-16-casi-dallinizio-del-2016/