Rhinovirus outbreak in a long term care facility for elderly persons associated with unusually high mortality.
Clin Infect Dis
; 41(2): 262-5, 2005 Jul 15.
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| ID: mdl-15983926
ABSTRACT
During a 6-week period in 2003, 56 residents and 26 staff developed respiratory illness in a long-term facility; 12 residents died. Seven of 13 respiratory specimens were culture-positive for rhinovirus; 6 of the isolates were serotype 82. In elderly populations, severe illness may be associated with organisms typically considered to be "benign," such as rhinovirus.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Respiratórias
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Rhinovirus
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Surtos de Doenças
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Infecções por Picornaviridae
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article