Literature DB >> 14649779

Risk of acquiring influenza A in a nursing home from a culture-positive roommate.

Paul J Drinka1, Peggy Krause, Lori Nest, Brian M Goodman, Stefan Gravenstein.   

Abstract

Influenza A was cultured in 62 double rooms. The roommate was infected in 12 (19.4%). During 3,294 resident-seasons, influenza was cultured in 208 single rooms (6.3%). Those who lived in double rooms with a culture-positive roommate had a 3.07 relative risk (CI95, 1.61-5.78) of acquiring influenza.

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Year:  2003        PMID: 14649779     DOI: 10.1086/502153

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN: 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


  5 in total

1.  The Green House Model of Nursing Home Care in Design and Implementation.

Authors:  Lauren W Cohen; Sheryl Zimmerman; David Reed; Patrick Brown; Barbara J Bowers; Kimberly Nolet; Sandra Hudak; Susan Horn
Journal:  Health Serv Res       Date:  2015-11-25       Impact factor: 3.402

2.  2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings.

Authors:  Jane D Siegel; Emily Rhinehart; Marguerite Jackson; Linda Chiarello
Journal:  Am J Infect Control       Date:  2007-12       Impact factor: 2.918

3.  Seasonal influenza in adults and children--diagnosis, treatment, chemoprophylaxis, and institutional outbreak management: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Authors:  Scott A Harper; John S Bradley; Janet A Englund; Thomas M File; Stefan Gravenstein; Frederick G Hayden; Allison J McGeer; Kathleen M Neuzil; Andrew T Pavia; Michael L Tapper; Timothy M Uyeki; Richard K Zimmerman
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2009-04-15       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 4.  Transmission of health care-associated infections from roommates and prior room occupants: a systematic review.

Authors:  Bevin Cohen; Catherine Crawford Cohen; Borghild Løyland; Elaine L Larson
Journal:  Clin Epidemiol       Date:  2017-05-23       Impact factor: 4.790

5.  Long-term care facilities: a cornucopia of viral pathogens.

Authors:  Ann R Falsey; Gerard E Dallal; Maria A Formica; Gloria G Andolina; Davidson H Hamer; Lynette L Leka; Simin Nikbin Meydani
Journal:  J Am Geriatr Soc       Date:  2008-06-28       Impact factor: 5.562

  5 in total

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