Rhinovirus outbreak in a long term care facility for elderly persons associated with unusually high mortality.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
During a 6-week period in 2003, 56 residents and 26 staff developed respiratory illness in a long-term facility; 12 residents died. Seven of 13 respiratory specimens were culture-positive for rhinovirus; 6 of the isolates were serotype 82. In elderly populations, severe illness may be associated with organisms typically considered to be "benign," such as rhinovirus.
Medical subject headings
- Disease Outbreaks
- Picornaviridae Infections
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Rhinovirus