An Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Children With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1978, Pages 143-148

  Ruebush, Trenton K ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^a,f   Baehner, Robert L ^c,d   Wolff, Diana ^d   Bartlett, Marilyn ^e   Gonzales Crussi, Frank ^e   Sulzer, Alexander J ^b   Schultz, Myron G ^a  

^a Statistical Analysis Unit   (United States)

^b Bureau of Epidemiology and Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIANA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0017932521     PISSN: 00968994     EISSN: 23742976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120270041009     Document Type: Article

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