Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Research
Epidemiology and Cost of Nosocomial Gastroenteritis, Avon, England, 2002–2003
Table 1
Causative organism in hospital gastroenteritis outbreaks, Avon, England, April 2002–March 2003
Organisms | Outbreaks |
Combined % | |
---|---|---|---|
n | % | ||
Norovirusa | 57 | 46.7 | 63.1 |
Norovirusb | 14 | 11.5 | |
Norovirusa + Clostridium difficilec | 4 | 3.3 | 13.9 |
Norovirusb + C. difficilea | 2 | 1.6 | |
C. difficileb | 6 | 4.9 | |
C. difficilea | 5 | 4.1 | |
Rotavirusa | 1 | 0.8 | |
Campylobacterb | 1 | 0.8 | |
Rotavirusb | 1 | 0.8 | |
Negative specimens | 31 | 25.4 | |
Total with sufficient samplesa | 122 |
aConfirmed outbreaks (two or more positive specimens). Two or more samples were taken in 122 (54%) of 227 outbreaks.
bUnconfirmed outbreaks (single positive specimen).