Volume 16, Number 4—April 2010
Dispatch
Innovative Uses for Syndromic Surveillance
Table 1
Emergency department visits with meningococcemia in the chief complaint, Miami–Dade County, Florida, USA, August 31, 2008*
Time of visit | Patient age, y | Chief complaint |
---|---|---|
9:48 |
3 | Exposure to meningococcemia |
9:47 |
8 | Exposure to meningococcemia |
9:45 |
11 | Exposure to meningococcemia |
11:50 |
9 | Exposure to meningococcemia |
11:58 |
10 | Meningococcemia |
*All 5 patients were girls who visited the same hospital and came from the same ZIP code area.