Nosocomial calicivirus gastroenteritis in a pediatric hospital
作者:
JOHAN STRUVE,
RUTGER BENNET,
ANNEKA EHRNST,
MARGARETA ERIKSSON,
KJELL-OLOF HEDLUND,
PETER HERIN,
AGNETA SAMUELSSON,
期刊:
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 13,
issue 10
页码: 882-885
ISSN:0891-3668
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: Calcivirus;nosocomial infection;outbreak;infant;small-round-structured virus;electron microscopy
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
At St. Göran's Children's Hospital (a tertiary center), we perform electron microscopy of feces in most cases of nosocomial gastroenteritis. From September 1987 through April 1992 we identified 32 episodes of calicivirus infection, 25 of which were nosocomial and, except for one outbreak, sporadic. Systematic study of the nosocomial outbreak of calcivirus gastroenteritis from November 1991 to January 1992, revealed calcivirus in the stools of 8 of 23 children with diarrhea and 0 of 10 without diarrhea. In 3 of 7 sampled after cessation of diarrhea, calicivirus excretion continued for 3 to 6 days. We found no calicivirus in 42 staff members or 9 members of infected patients' families. Nosocomial transmission of calicivirus can occur among infants.
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