Transmission of Pneumocystis carinii from patients to hospital staff

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 422-424

  Lundgren, Bettina ^a,e   Elvin, Kerstin ^b   Rothman, Lotte P ^d   Ljungström, Inger ^c   Lidman, Christer ^b   Lundgren, Jens D ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pneumocystis carinii; Polymerase chain reaction; Serology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030912620     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.5.422     Document Type: Article

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