A family outbreak of cryptosporidiosis: Probable nosocomial infection and person-to-person transmission - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2006 Aug;118(15-16):485-7.

doi: 10.1007/s00508-006-0637-7.

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A family outbreak of cryptosporidiosis: Probable nosocomial infection and person-to-person transmission

Nenad Pandak et al. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Cryptosporidium is an important cause of community gastroenteritis, usually associated with drinking contaminated water, visits to swimming pools or animal exposure. In immunocompetent patients, cryptosporidiosis is usually a self-limiting disease but it can be devastating illness in immunocompromised persons. This report presents a family outbreak of cryptosporidiosis and describes a probable nosocomial infection with Cryptosporidium in one patient and subsequent spread of the parasite among members of his family. The index patient, a 72-year-old man with hemiparesis after his third stroke, died after 28 days of persistent diarrhea. Control measures must be undertaken to prevent nosocomial transmission of cryptosporidial oocysts.

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