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Table 2 Cases reporting over 60 days between onset of illness and collection of specimen

From: Factors influencing the time between onset of illness and specimen collection in the diagnosis of non-pregnancy associated listeriosis in England and Wales

Number of days before collection of specimen

Age group

Serogroup

Principal illness

Comments

Outcome

62 days

60+

1/2a

Other illness

Previous aortic valve replacement

Died

64 days

60+

4

Septicaemia

Enlarged prostate gland with complains of backache and abdominal pain

Alive

69 days

60+

4

Other illness

Presence of underlying condition not known

Alive

73 days

<60

unknown

Meningitis

HIV

Alive

76 days

60+

4

Septicaemia

No underlying condition

Alive

81 days

<60

4

Gastroenteritis

Ulcerative colitis and on omeprazole

Alive