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Risk of Acquiring Influenza A in a Nursing Home From a Culture-Positive Roommate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul J. Drinka ,
Peggy Krause ,
Lori Nest ,
Brian M. Goodman  and
Stefan Gravenstein
Paul J. Drinka*
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin Departments of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Peggy Krause
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Lori Nest
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Brian M. Goodman
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Stefan Gravenstein
Affiliation:
Eastern Virginia Medical Center, The Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Norfolk, Virginia
*
Wisconsin Veterans Home, N2665 County Road QQ, King, WI 54946-0620
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Abstract

Influenza A was cultured in 62 double rooms. The roommate was infected in 12 (19.4%). During 3,294 resident-seasons, influenza was cultured in 208 single rooms (6.3%). Those who lived in double rooms with a culture-positive roommate had a 3.07 relative risk (CI95, 1.61-5.78) of acquiring influenza.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 11 , November 2003 , pp. 872 - 874
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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