Strongyloides Infection Among Patients at a Long-Term Care Facility — Florida, 2010–2012

نویسندگان

  • Andrea Leapley
  • Alazandria Cruze
  • Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry
  • Danielle Stanek
  • Elesi Quaye
  • Stephany Vento
  • Isabel McAuliffe
  • Susan P. Montgomery
  • Aaron M. Samuels
چکیده

During a 2-week period in August 2011, two patients in a long-term care facility in Miami-Dade County, Florida, had gastrointestinal symptoms; microscopic examination of stool specimens showed that both harbored Strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal nematode. A subsequent chart review revealed an additional case within the facility 1 year earlier. Concerned about the possibility of an outbreak, the associate director of patient care services at the facility contacted the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County and the Florida State Department of Health, which contacted CDC. This report describes the subsequent investigation.

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عنوان ژورنال:

دوره 62  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013