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An Outbreak of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Among Residents of a Retirement Home in France During October 2003

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Y. Hansmann ,
A. Doyle ,
V. Remy ,
B. Jaulhac ,
D. Christmann ,
O. Lesens  and
A. Perrocheau
Y. Hansmann*
Affiliation:
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
A. Doyle
Affiliation:
Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice, France Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
V. Remy
Affiliation:
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
B. Jaulhac
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
D. Christmann
Affiliation:
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
O. Lesens
Affiliation:
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôtel-Dieu CHU, Clermont-FerrandFrance
A. Perrocheau
Affiliation:
Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice, France
*
Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1, place de l'hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France (Yves.hansmann@chru-strasbourg.fr)
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Abstract

We describe an outbreak of pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a French retirement home. Eleven residents developed pneumonia. Eight patients had positive results of urinary antigen tests. There were no further cases after the implementation of control measures, which involved isolation of and receipt of antibiotic therapy by symptomatic residents. No risk factors for transmission of S. pneumoniae were identified in this population.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 1252 - 1254
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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