RESUMEN
A gastroenteritis outbreak affected 45 people (40 residents and five staff) in a nursing home for the elderly in the Celje region, north-east Slovenia, between 17 December and 31 December 2010. Rotavirus group A was laboratory confirmed in the stools of five ill individuals. The outbreak was identified when the number of affected persons was high but was successfully controlled after implementing preventive measures.
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Brotes de Enfermedades , Gastroenteritis/epidemiología , Casas de Salud , Infecciones por Rotavirus/epidemiología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Notificación de Enfermedades , Heces/virología , Femenino , Gastroenteritis/virología , Humanos , Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Paciente a Profesional , Pacientes Internos , Masculino , Personal de Enfermería , Infecciones por Rotavirus/transmisión , Infecciones por Rotavirus/virología , Eslovenia/epidemiología , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
We report here on the identification of the first meningococcal meningitis case in Slovenia caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z' in December 2010. The 19-year-old patient had not left the country during the incubation period. The patient was hospitalised and given the antibiotic treatment with cefotaxime very early in the course of the disease. The patient did not develop any complications during hospitalisation and was discharged on 5 January 2011.
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Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico , Cefotaxima/uso terapéutico , Meningitis Meningocócica/tratamiento farmacológico , Neisseria meningitidis/aislamiento & purificación , Adulto , Trazado de Contacto , Humanos , Masculino , Meningitis Meningocócica/sangre , Meningitis Meningocócica/diagnóstico , Meningitis Meningocócica/epidemiología , Neisseria meningitidis/clasificación , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Profilaxis Posexposición , Serotipificación , Eslovenia , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
We report an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease ina nursing home in Slovenia in August 2010 affecting 15 of 234 residents. To date, Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed in four patients. Further serum analyses and genotyping of isolates are ongoing. The building's water distribution system with dead end sections has been identified as the probable source of infection.