| notes from the field: strongyloides infection among patients at a long-term care facility--florida, 2010-2012. | during a 2-week period in august 2011, two patients in a long-term care facility in miami-dade county, florida, had gastrointestinal symptoms; microscopic examination of stool specimens showed that both harbored strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal nematode. a subsequent chart review revealed an additional case within the facility 1 year earlier. concerned about the possibility of an outbreak, the associate director of patient care services at the facility contacted the florida department of ... | 2013 | 24153317 |