No evidence of nosocomial Pneumocystis carinii infection via health care personnel

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-64

  Lidnan, Christer ^a   Olsson, Mats ^b   Björkman, Anders ^c   Elvin, Kerstin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PERSONNEL; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0030909315     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709008666     Document Type: Article

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