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

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Leapley, Andrea ; Cruze, Alazandria ; Mejia-Echeverry, Alvaro ; Stanek, Danielle ; Quaye, Elesi ; Vento, Stephany ; McAuliffe, Isabel ; Montgomery, Susan P. ; Samuels, Aaron M.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Humans Long-Term Care Residential Facilities Strongyloides Stercoralis Strongyloidiasis
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(42):844.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24153317
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4585618
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Notes from the Field
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  42
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c83bda90b20104c3986358b6452f6462661860ba38f50378cc609a11db26a2db02bc79e64784b63a8dfa40661ad1c044d6e002c7af992aed4f8bb4031237022
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54746/cdc_54746_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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