A Nosocomial Outbreak of Norovirus Infection Masquerading asClostridium difficileInfection | Zendy

Hoonmo L. Koo | Zendy; Nadim J. Ajami | Zendy; ZhiDong Jiang | Zendy; Herbert L. DuPont | Zendy; Robert L. Atmar | Zendy; Debra A. Lewis | Zendy; Patricia Byers | Zendy; Paula Abraham | Zendy; Ricardo A. Quijano | Zendy; Daniel M. Musher | Zendy; Edward J. Young | Zendy

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A Nosocomial Outbreak of Norovirus Infection Masquerading asClostridium difficileInfection

Author(s) -

Hoonmo L. Koo,

Nadim J. Ajami,

ZhiDong Jiang,

Herbert L. DuPont,

Robert L. Atmar,

Debra A. Lewis,

Patricia Byers,

Paula Abraham,

Ricardo A. Quijano,

Daniel M. Musher,

Edward J. Young

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/597299

Subject(s) - norovirus , clostridium difficile , outbreak , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogen , infection control , virology , intensive care medicine , immunology , biology , antibiotics

Noroviruses (NoVs) are increasingly being recognized as important enteric pathogens. At a university-based hospital, we investigated a nosocomial outbreak of NoV infection that was originally attributed to Clostridium difficile. We describe here the unique challenges of the identification of NoVs as the true etiologic pathogen in an outbreak occurring in a health care setting, where C. difficile infection is endemic, as well as the important lessons learned.

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