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1 ICROBIOLOGY DIVISION ILWAUKEE HEALTH DEPARTENT O N T H L Y R E P O R T June 2005 Vol. 10, No. 6 Ajaib Singh, D.V..,Ph. D. ICROBIOLOGY REPORT: The June 2005 issue of icrobiology onthly Report, Volume 10, presents the laboratory diagnosis of some of the infectious diseases, the reference microbiology work done in this laboratory during ay 2005 and new cases of syphilis in ilwaukee during April Information on the laboratory diagnosed mycobacterial infections in Wisconsin during April is also included. Legionnaires Disease (ay 2005) No positive case detected. Pertussis (Whooping cough,(ay 2005) No positive case detected.. Syphilis (ay 2005) Test Number Positive Test Number Positive RPR 1 TA-ABS 17 VDRL 34 DARKIELD 0 New Cases (Syphilis) The Wisconsin Division of Health has reported 4 new cases (early stages) of syphilis during April 2005 in ilwaukee. The median age of early syphilis cases is 31 years (range: years). orbidity distributions of the disease reported in this and the corresponding month of the previous year are as follows:: New Cases of Syphilis (April 2005 and April 2004) Stage Number of Cases April 2005 April 2004 Primary syphilis 0 0 Secondary syphilis 0 2 Early latent syphilis 4 6 Late latent syphilis 0 2 Total 4 10 Gonorrhea ( HD ay 2005) Number Decreased Susceptibility (DS)/Resistance (R) to Antibiotics Tested Ciprofloxacin Ceftriaxone Spectinomycin Azithromycin (DS) 0 0 Gonorrhea from Other Sources (ay 2005) Number Decreased Susceptibility (DS)/Resistance (R) to Antiobiotics Tested Ciprofloxacin Ceftriaxone Spectinomycin Azithromycin
2 Isolates Other Than N. gonorrhoeae (ay 2005) Organism Site Number Isolates Organism Ureaplasma urealyticum Site Number Isolates Genital 28 ycoplasma hominis Genital 8 Parasitic Enteric Pathogens (ay 2005) Age Sex Pathogen Number Cases 5 Giardia lamblia Blastocystis hominis 1 22 Entamoeba coli 1 23 Hymenolepis nana 1 ycobacterial Infections (ay 2005) No positive case detected. Reference Cultures (ay 2005) Age Sex Site/Specimen Source Culture Identification 59 Stool Campylobacter coli 79 N.A. Pasteurella multocida 59 Peritoneal Pasteurella gallinarum 90 Blood Aerococcus viridans 57 Blood Bacillus sp. (NOT B. anthracis) 7 Stool Escherichia coli O157:H7 59 Urine Proteus mirabilis 40 Stool Aeromonas sp 84 Blood Pasteurella gallinarum 80 Wound Oligella urethralis 80 Rt. inner calf Oligella urethralis 22 Stool Yersinia kristensenii 72 Stool Escherichia coli O157:H7 Bacterial Enteric Pathogens (ay 2005) Age Sex Pathogen Age Sex Pathogen 15 Shigella flexneri 87 Salmonella subsp II 50(Z):b:Z6 31 Shigella sonnei 27 Salmonella saintpaul 4 Shigella sonnei 32 Salmonella montevideo 4 Shigella sonnei 80 Salmonella enteritidis 4 Shigella sonnei 45 Salmonella enteritidis 16 Salmonella enteritidis 7mo Salmonella durham 84 Salmonella enteritidis 14 Salmonella kintambo 15 Salmonella enteritidis 64 Salmonella anatum 27 Salmonella enteritidis 23 Salmonella reading
3 Laboratory Diagnosed ycobacterial Infections in Wisconsin during April 2005 ycobacterium species Brown Dane Eau Claire Kenosha La Crosse ilwaukee Outagamie Racine Waukesha Winnebago Wood. tuberculosis complex Pul m Total. tuberculosis complex avium complex. gordonae. abscessus. chelonae. fortuitum group. kansasii. marinum. mucogenicum. xenopi. scrofulaceum Pulm Pulm Pulm Pulm 1 1 Pulm 1 1 Pulm Pulm Pulm Pulm 5 5 Pulm bovis BCG 1 1 TOTALS
4 -Pulmonary Sources of Isolation:. tuberculosis -pulmonary: 3 lymph node, 1 neck mass, 1 retro-peritoneal. avium complex pulmonary: 2 blood, 1 finger, 1 lung lesion, 1 paracentesis. gordonae -pulmonary: 1 nasal Other ycobacterium species 1 bovis BCG urine, 1 abscessus buttock, 1 abscessus elbow Wisconsin TB Isolations and Antibiotic Susceptibilities: 6 of the TBC isolates reported by Wisconsin laboratories this month were from Wisconsin TB cases. 1 case was from out-of-state. 4 of the TB isolates were susceptible to all first-line drugs tested. 1 isolate was resistant to INH (0.2 ug/ml and 1.0 ug/ml), rifampin and ethambutol. The isolate was susceptible to PZA. 1 isolate was susceptible to INH, rifampin, and ethambutol and resistant to PZA. 1 isolate was not tested (out-of-state). Source: ycobacteriology Laboratory Network Data Report, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, adison, WI.
5 SUARY O CONIRED VIRUS INECTIONS ISSUE #1195 PAGE ONE ILWAUKEE HEALTH DEPARTENT VIROLOGY DIVISION, G. SEDAK, Ph.D. (414) WEBSITE: "We welcome any question or comments you have. Please see our "eedback" form on our website. VIRUS ISOLATION: WEEKS O JUNE 9 TO JULY 13, 2005 Patient Symptoms Specimen Submitted Virus 23 yr Aseptic meningitis CS 07/10/05 Coxsackievirus B5 13 mo No Information BAL/RK Cells 06/22/05 Coxsackievirus B5 6 wk eningitis NP/RK Cells 06/15/05 Coxsackievirus B5 25 mo Diarrhea Stool/RC-5 Cells 06/07/05 Coxsackievirus A20 NOTE: Enterovirus Cases 2005 to date: 1 x coxa20, 4 x coxb5 Total Cases = 5 As part of our enterovirus surveillance program, we test local sewage treatment plant influent (raw sewage) each month for culturable viruses. Over the past three months, the titer [PN(I.U.)/Liter] of Coxsackievirus B5 has increased each month: 10 PN/L in April, 42 PN/L in ay and 195 PN/L in June. Echovirus 9 and Coxsackievirus A4 were also detected in sewage collected in ay No information NP/RC-5 06/14/05 Rhinovirus 15 mo Cells 83 yr Leg lesion Lesion 06/13/05 Varicella-Zoster Virus 25 yr Penis lesion Lesion 07/11/05 HSV (Type 2 R-cheek lesion Lesion 07/11/05 HSV (Type 1
6 26 mo Vulva Lesion 07/08/05 HSV (Type 2 Cervical Lesion 07/08/05 HSV (Type 2 51 yr Penis Lesion 07/08/05 HSV (Type 2 25 yr Penis Lesion 07/01/05 HSV (Type 1 39 yr Penis Lesion 06/30/05 HSV (Type 2 28 yr Skin lesion Lesion 06/30/05 HSV (Type 2 SUARY O CONIRED VIRUS INECTIONS ISSUE #1195 PAGE TWO ILWAUKEE HEALTH DEPARTENT VIROLOGY DIVISION, G. SEDAK, Ph.D. (414) VIRUS ISOLATION: WEEKS O JUNE 9 TO JULY 13, 2005 Patient Symptoms Specimen Submitted Virus 20 yr 41 yr 37 yr 28 yr 75 yr 18 yr 18 yr 32 yr Genital Lesion 06/29/05 HSV (Type 1 orehead Lesion 06/28/05 HSV (Type 1 lesion Penis Lesion 06/24/05 HSV (Type 2 Penis Lesion 06/23/05 HSV (Type 2 Oral lesions Throat 06/23/05 HSV (Type 1 Vaginal Lesion 06/22/05 HSV (Type 2 Cervical Lesion 06/21/05 HSV (Type 2 R-Groin Lesion 06/21/05 HSV (Type 2
7 22 yr 9 yr 20 yr 36 yr 32 yr 69 yr 25 yr 29 yr Lip sore Lower Lip Lesion 06/21/05 HSV (Type 1 Oral lesion NP 06/21/05 HSV (Type 1 Vulva Lesion 06/20/05 HSV (Type 1 Penis Lesion 06/16/05 HSV (Type 2 Penis Lesion 06/16/05 HSV (Type 2 Penis Lesion 06/15/05 HSV (Type 2 Buttock lesion Lesion 06/15/05 HSV (Type 2 Esophagitis Esophageal 06/13/05 HSV (Type 1 Brushing Penis Lesion 06/10/05 HSV (Type 1 Oral lesions outh Lesion 06/10/05 HSV (Type 1 SEROLOGY: Patient Symptoms Acute Serum Date Viral Agent 46 yr 22 yr 23 yr Clinic; HIV Screen 06/16/05 HIV+ by EIA Jail; HIV Screen 06/15/05 HIV+ by EIA Jail; HIV Screen 06/10/05 HIV+ by EIA Gerald V. Sedmak, Ph.D. Chief Virologist GVS/kb
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