Heald A, Bartlett J, Waskin H; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11; 9: 444 (abstract no. PO-B19-1853).
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
BACKGROUND: A cluster of cases of cryptosporidiosis occurred among residents of 2 group residential homes (GRHs) in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina in the summer of 1992. METHODS: Site visits to the GRHs were performed; primary caregivers were interviewed and medical records of infected patients were reviewed. RESULTS: Four cases of intestinal cryptosporidiosis occurred among the residents of the two GRHs; 3 in GRH A and 1 in GRH B. The index case of cryptosporidiosis in GRH A moved into the house from California with a previous diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis. Subsequently, 2 of the 4 remaining residents of GRH A developed cryptosporidiosis. During the same time period, a resident of GRH B developed cryptosporidiosis. None of the other 5 residents of GRH B developed cryptosporidiosis. The infection control practices of the two GRHs were similar, but awareness was heightened at GRH B as the 3 cases at GRH A had just been diagnosed. CONCLUSIONS: Residents of GRHs are at increased risk for person-to-person transmission of cryptosporidiosis as there is often accidental fecal contamination of the environment and Cryptosporidium is extremely difficult to eradicate by standard disinfectants. When a resident develops cryptosporidiosis, or has unexplained diarrhea of more than 2-3 days duration, extra precautions should be taken to prevent the spread of disease.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Animals
- California
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cryptosporidium
- Diarrhea
- Feces
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- North Carolina
- transmission
Other ID:
UI: 102204822
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