The risk of Strongyloides stercoralis transmission from patients with disseminated strongyloidiasis to the medical staff
| Autor: | A.M. Polderman, C. Blotkamp, C. Hol, B. Maraha, R. Pelgrom, A.G.M. Buiting |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Infectious Disease Transmission Patient-to-Professional Medical staff Helminthiasis Nursing Staff Hospital Serology Strongyloides stercoralis law.invention law Internal medicine Medical Staff Hospital medicine Animals Humans Risk factor Aged Netherlands biology business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Disseminated strongyloidiasis Infectious Diseases Strongyloidiasis Transmission (mechanics) business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Infection. 49:222-224 |
| ISSN: | 0195-6701 |
| DOI: | 10.1053/jhin.2001.1075 |
| Popis: | To assess the risk of Strongyloides stercoralis transmission from two patients with disseminated strongyloidiasis to medical staff who had been in close contact with the patients, blood and stool specimens were obtained from medical staff two to three months after close contact with the patients. Antibodies to S. stercoralis were determined in blood. Stool specimens were tested for parasites with three different procedures.Forty-one medical staff were included. Culture and stool examination were negative in all subjects. Serology was negative in all subjects but one who had a borderline titer without signs or symptoms of strongyloidiasis. No evidence of transmission of S. stercoralis from patients with disseminated strongyloidiasis to medical staff was found. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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