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Vomiting & Diarrhoea in a nursing home While Clostridium difficile has been associated with hospital nosocomial outbreaks of diarrhoea overseas, it is not a common cause of outbreaks in Australia. The relative merits of toxin, culture and the combination of both methods in determining the likelihood of C. difficile infection are covered elsewhere in one of the other scenarios of this teaching module.
Vomiting & Diarrhoea in a nursing home Due to the increased susceptibility of the aged to bacterial gastroenteritis, in particular salmonella, bacterial causes should also be sought, in case a point source outbreak is occurring. However, norovirus is the most likely pathogen in acute outbreaks of diarrhoea in residential aged settings or hospital outbreaks. Click button and choose norovirus option
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