A 22-year-old boy from Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso) died of the consequences of meningitis caused by meningococcus.
The young man, who had had atypical symptoms for two days, got worse two nights ago and was admitted to the hospital emergency room. Death yesterday morning.
Subsequent investigations confirmed the initial diagnostic suspicion of invasive meningococcal disease and further laboratory investigations identified serotype B.
According to the reconstructions, the infection may have occurred inside a nightclub, where the 22-year-old had been a few days earlier.
The first symptoms appeared on Wednesday 23 March, with rhinitis and nosebleeds. On Thursday, low-grade fever, headache, marked fatigue, vomiting took over. Then, during the night between March 24 and March 25, the situation worsened with the appearance of breathing difficulties, pain and weakness in the lower limbs and spots on the trunk and face, and immediate recourse to the hospital, when however not there was nothing more to be done.
The Public Health and Hygiene Service promptly activated the epidemiological investigation. At the moment, 14 close family and extra-family contacts have been identified, who have undergone chemoprophylaxis.
(Unioneonline / vl)