title: Notes from the field: strongyloides infection among patients at a long-term care facility--Florida, 2010-2012.
abstract: During a 2-week period in August 2011, two patients in a long-term care facility in Miami-Dade County, Florida, had gastrointestinal symptoms; microscopic examination of stool specimens showed that both harbored Strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal nematode. A subsequent chart review revealed an additional case within the facility 1 year earlier. Concerned about the possibility of an outbreak, the associate director of patient care services at the facility contacted the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County and the Florida State Department of Health, which contacted CDC. This report describes the subsequent investigation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012112:Residential Facilities; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*