[Spread of XXXX @entity281 within a hospital (author's transl)].

@entity1 @entity625 @entity281 @entity580 @entity2820
Infections linked in time and space with @entity2820 (serovar 0 : 9, biotype 2, lysotype X3) were observed in 6 cases within one university hospital. After a hospital epidemic in Finland in 1973 (involving 7 @entity1 ) this is the 2nd such observation. The spread was demonstrated in two areas. The probable source of @entity281 of one @entity1 group (n = 3) was a 48-year-old dialysis @entity1 admitted with a febrile condition without enteritic symptoms. Pathogens could be demonstrated in his faeces by direct culture, in two contact @entity1 cultivation was possible only with cold enrichment. Blood cultures of the first @entity1 were negative. At about the same time 3 further infections with @entity2820 of the same characteristics were observed in hospital personnel from different units. Frequent exchange of staff and @entity1 among affected wards increases likelihood of @entity580 . A dialysis nurse with @entity625 was the possible link between @entity1 and personnel. Transference of @entity281 from one @entity1 to another can be assumed in the above cases.
