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A gastroenteritis outbreak affected 45 people (40 residents and five staff) in a nursing home for the elderly in the Celje region, north-east Slovenia, between 17 December and 31 December 2010. Rotavirus group A was laboratory confirmed in the stools of five ill individuals. The outbreak was identified when the number of affected persons was high but was successfully controlled after implementing preventive measures.
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Surtos de Doenças , Gastroenterite/epidemiologia , Casas de Saúde , Infecções por Rotavirus/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Notificação de Doenças , Fezes/virologia , Feminino , Gastroenterite/virologia , Humanos , Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional , Pacientes Internados , Masculino , Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem , Infecções por Rotavirus/transmissão , Infecções por Rotavirus/virologia , Eslovênia/epidemiologia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We report here on the identification of the first meningococcal meningitis case in Slovenia caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in December 2010. The 19-year-old patient had not left the country during the incubation period. The patient was hospitalised and given the antibiotic treatment with cefotaxime very early in the course of the disease. The patient did not develop any complications during hospitalisation and was discharged on 5 January 2011.
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Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Cefotaxima/uso terapêutico , Meningite Meningocócica/tratamento farmacológico , Neisseria meningitidis/isolamento & purificação , Adulto , Busca de Comunicante , Humanos , Masculino , Meningite Meningocócica/sangue , Meningite Meningocócica/diagnóstico , Meningite Meningocócica/epidemiologia , Neisseria meningitidis/classificação , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Profilaxia Pós-Exposição , Sorotipagem , Eslovênia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
We report an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease ina nursing home in Slovenia in August 2010 affecting 15 of 234 residents. To date, Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed in four patients. Further serum analyses and genotyping of isolates are ongoing. The building's water distribution system with dead end sections has been identified as the probable source of infection.
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Surtos de Doenças , Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos , Legionella/isolamento & purificação , Doença dos Legionários/epidemiologia , Casas de Saúde , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Feminino , Genótipo , Hospitalização , Humanos , Legionella/classificação , Legionella/genética , Doença dos Legionários/diagnóstico , Doença dos Legionários/microbiologia , Doença dos Legionários/transmissão , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Eslovênia/epidemiologia , Microbiologia da Água , Abastecimento de ÁguaRESUMO
The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence of asymptomatic chlamydial urethritis in military recruits in the Celje region (population 300,000), Slovenia. A first-void urine specimen was tested for Chlamydia trachomatis using the polymerase chain reaction assay. The research was supported by a questionnaire to obtain information on sexual behaviour of the participants. In the cross-sectional study from 1999 to 2001, 1272 asymptomatic recruits were included. None had received antibiotics in the previous two weeks. The mean age was 19.9 years. At the time of their first sexual experience the mean age was 16.6 years, whereas the age of their female sexual partners was 17.1 years. During their first sexual intercourse 77% of recruits used contraception (condom, diaphragm, contraceptive pill), most of those a condom (86%). The prevalence of asymptomatic chlamydial urethritis was 2.6% (95% confidence interval: 1.7 to 3.5). The mean age of those infected was 19.8 years. At the time of their first sexual experience the mean age was 16.2 years, whereas the age of their female sexual partners was 16.9 years. During their first sexual intercourse 57% of infected subjects used protection, half of which was a condom. Those who never or only occasionally used condoms were at a greater risk of being infected with C. trachomatis (adjusted odds ratio 2.04).