ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
Molecular investigation of a RSV outbreak in a geriatric hospital.
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- Respiratory syncytial virus: challenges in diagnosis and impact on the elderly: Recommendations from a multidisciplinary panel.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Review
- Human respiratory syncytial virus subgroups A and B outbreak in a kindergarten in Zhejiang Province, China, 2023.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Clinical impact of healthcare-associated respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized adults.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2023Article
- Review of respiratory syncytial virus infection among older adults and transplant recipients.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseReview
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Abstract
backgroundAcquired infections in hospitalized elderly people are a growing concern. In long-term care facilities with multiple staff and visitor contacts, virus outbreaks are a common challenge for infection prevention teams. Although several studies have reported nosocomial RSV outbreaks in long term care facilities, molecular epidemiology data are scarce.
methodsRSV RNA was detected in respiratory samples from 19 patients in a long-term care hospital for elderly in Paris in March 2019 over a 3 weeks period. Genotyping was performed using nucleotide sequencing. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of cases part of a unique cluster, were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsMolecular investigation of theses RSV cases, revealed a unique cluster of 12 nosocomial cases in 2 adjacent wards. Mean age of these outbreak's cases was 89. All patients had underlying medical conditions. Seven exhibited lower respiratory symptoms and three experienced decompensation of underlying chronic heart condition. Two patients died.
conclusionsThis case report highlights the importance of RSV in causing substantial disease in elderly in case of nosocomial outbreak and the contributions of molecular epidemiology in investigation and management of such outbreak.
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