Healthcare-Associated Transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in New York City. (26th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Ellen H.; Adams, Eleanor H.; Madison-Antenucci, Susan; Lee, Lillian; Barnwell, John W.; Whitehouse, Joan; Clement, Ernest; Bajwa, Waheed; Jones, Lucretia E.; Lutterloh, Emily; Weiss, Don; Ackelsberg, Joel
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 113
• Page End: 115
• Publication Date: 2015-10-26
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : A patient with no risk factors for malaria was hospitalized in New York City with Plasmodium falciparum infection. After investigating all potential sources of infection, we concluded the patient had been exposed to malaria while hospitalized less than 3 weeks earlier. Molecular genotyping implicated patient-to-patient transmission in a hospital setting. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):113–115