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A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Emine Parlak, Ayşe Ertürk, Zahide Koşan, Mehmet Parlak, Zülal Özkurt.


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Objectives: An outbreak of nosocomial Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) occurred in a university hospital in May 2014. The index case was hospitalized with a preliminary diagnosis of intoxication, liver failure and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC). The index case, a farmer, died a few hours later with signs of bleeding.
Outbreak Investigation: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was positive in the index case serum. RT-PCR and/or IgM serology were reported as positive for CCHF virus in all cases.
Six health care workers and two relatives in direct or indirect contact with the index case were infected. The main symptoms were myalgia, fatigue, headache, anorexia, sore throat and eruption. Maculopapular rash was observed in five cases. Three patients had exudative tonsillitis. Emergency workers and internal medicine intensive care, radiology and infectious disease personnel had a history of contact with index and/or secondary cases. Ribavirin was given to all patients. One health care worker died because of CCHF.
Conclusion: A healthcare worker died due to nosocomial CCHF. This presentation emphasized importance of universal precautions. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015;5(1): 5-9

Key words: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, nosocomial, outbreak, prevention Emine Parlak, Ayşe Ertürk, Mehmet Parlak, Zülal Özkut A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Emine Parlak, Ayşe Ertürk, Mehmet Parlak, Zülal Özkut Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2015; 5(1): 5-9 doi: 10.5799/ahinjs.02.2015.01.0166


 
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Parlak E, Erturk A, Koşan Z, Parlak M, Ozkurt Z. A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015; 5(1): 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166

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Parlak E, Erturk A, Koşan Z, Parlak M, Ozkurt Z. A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657020 [Access: January 09, 2025]. doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166

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Parlak E, Erturk A, Koşan Z, Parlak M, Ozkurt Z. A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015; 5(1): 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


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Parlak E, Erturk A, Koşan Z, Parlak M, Ozkurt Z. A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2015), [cited January 09, 2025]; 5(1): 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


Harvard Style

Parlak, E., Erturk, . A., Koşan, . Z., Parlak, . M. & Ozkurt, . Z. (2015) A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 5 (1), 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


Turabian Style

Parlak, Emine, Ayşe Erturk, Zahide Koşan, Mehmet Parlak, and Zulal Ozkurt. 2015. A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5 (1), 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


Chicago Style

Parlak, Emine, Ayşe Erturk, Zahide Koşan, Mehmet Parlak, and Zulal Ozkurt. "A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5 (2015), 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Parlak, Emine, Ayşe Erturk, Zahide Koşan, Mehmet Parlak, and Zulal Ozkurt. "A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 5.1 (2015), 5-9 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Parlak, E., Erturk, . A., Koşan, . Z., Parlak, . M. & Ozkurt, . Z. (2015) A nosocomial outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5 (1), 5-9 . doi:10.5799/jmid2015.01.0166


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