Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis A from a hospital-acquired case.
An outbreak of hepatitis A occurred in a pediatric hospital in Texas. The index case had been admitted during the incubation period for cardiac surgery and developed symptoms while hospitalized. A child in a nearby bed acquired hepatitis A, as did three staff members. The second child was still hospitalized when she developed symptoms and infected 12 nurses, 3 physicians, 2 medical students, 2 patients and 1 respiratory therapist. Children with diarrhea can effectively disseminate this virus even when normal hospital routines and rules of hygiene are observed.
D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications / Q000635:transmission*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013781:Texas