Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis A from a hospital-acquired case
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 3 (4) , 300-303
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-198407000-00004
Abstract
An outbreak of hepatitis A occurred in a pediatric hospital in Texas. The index case had been admitted during the incubation period for cardiac surgery and developed symptoms while hospitalized. A child in a nearby bed acquired hepatitis A, as did three staff members. The second child was still hospitalized when she developed symptoms and infected 12 nurses, 3 physicians, 2 medical students, 2 patients and 1 respiratory therapist. Children with diarrhea can effectively disseminate this virus even when normal hospital routines and rules of hygiene are observed.Keywords
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