Case Studies in Infection Control

Meera Chand, John Holton

Case 1: Anthrax

Case 2: Aspergillosis

Case 3: Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) in Cystic Fibrosis

Case 4: Campylobacter jejuni

Case 5: Clostridium difficile infection

Case 6: An Outbreak of Cryptosporidia sp. Associated with a Swimming Pool

Case 7: Giardia Outbreaks on Ship

Case 8: HIV

Case 9: Human papillomavirus (HPV)

Case 10: A Laboratory Incident Linked to Exposure to Botulinum Toxin

Case 11: Legionella pneumophila Infection

Case 12: Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

Case 13: Measles: Achieving National Control of a Vaccine Preventable Infection

Case 14: Three Cases of MERS-CoV

Case 15: A Case of Hospital-Acquired MRSA

Case 16: Neisseria gonorrhoeae with High-level Resistance to Azithromycin

Case 17: Increased Number of Infections with Plasmodium spp. during a Period of Socio-political Instability

Case 18: A Clinical Incident Linked to Prion-associated Disease

Case 19: An Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Case 20: Rabies

Case 21: An Outbreak of Non-Typhoid Salmonellosis in the Workplace

Case 22: A Case of Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy

Case 23: Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

Case 24: A Case of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

Case 25: A Case of Varicella Zoster Virus in a Maternity Unit