We describe an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which lasted for 22 days in a residential home for the elderly. The outbreak was biphasic and affected 34/42 (80%) residents and 13/29 (44%) members of the staff. Calicivirus was associated with cases of illness during the first 9 days of the outbreak, and
Clostridium difficileis not associated with outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis in the elderly in the Netherlands
β Scribed by S. Svraka; E. Kuijper; E. Duizer; D. Bakker; M. Koopmans
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-9723
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