title: Clinical presentation and outcome of twenty cases of Invasive Meningococcal Disease due to Serogroup C - Clonal complex 11 in the Florence province, Italy, 2015-2016.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: francescomaria.fusco@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Francesco Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: filippo.baragli@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baragli
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: barbara.delpin@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Del Pin
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Empoli, Italy. Electronic address: rosario.spina@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spina
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, San Giuseppe Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Empoli, Italy. Electronic address: italo.calamai@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Calamai
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: pecilep@aou-careggi.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pecile
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: eleonora.riccobono@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Riccobono
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Meyer Children's Hospital, Reference Center for IMD Diagnosis in Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.nieddu@meyer.it.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nieddu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Meyer Children's Hospital, Reference Center for IMD Diagnosis in Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: maria.moriondo@meyer.it.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriondo
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy; Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.miglietta@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miglietta
authors.affiliation: Regional Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.voller@ars.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Voller
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: cecilia.fazio@iss.it.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paola.stefanelli@iss.it.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stefanelli
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: massimo.dipietro@uslcentro.toscana.it.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal; D008589:Meningococcal Infections; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology; D065288:Serogroup
chemical_list: D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines
keywords: Emergency Departments; Invasive Meningococcal Disease; Neisseria meningitidis; Septic shock