A Nosocomial Outbreak of Norovirus Infection Masquerading as Clostridium difficile Infection

Noroviruses (NoVs) are increasingly being recognized as important enteric pathogens. At a university-based hospital, we investigated a nosocomial outbreak of NoV infection that was originally attributed to Clostridium difficile. We describe here the unique challenges of the identification of NoVs as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2009-04, Vol.48 (7), p.e75-e77
Hauptverfasser:	Koo, Hoonmo L., Ajami, Nadim J., Jiang, Zhi-Dong, DuPont, Herbert L., Atmar, Robert L., Lewis, Debra, Byers, Patricia, Abraham, Paula, Quijano, Ricardo A., Musher, Daniel M., Young, Edward J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Caliciviridae Infections - diagnosis Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology Caliciviridae Infections - virology Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - virology Diagnosis, Differential Disease Outbreaks Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Gastroenteritis - virology Hospitals, University Humans Norovirus Norovirus - isolation & purification
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