Nosocomiale transmission of HBV through veins catheters in cardiac transplanted patients;Transmission nosocomiale du virus de l'hepatite B associee au catheterisme veineux chez des transplantes cardiaques

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 534-536

  Rosenheim, M ^a   Astagneau, P ^a   Dorent, R ^a   Lunel, F ^a   Stuyver, L ^a   Golliot, F ^a   Delcourt, A ^a   Cadranel, J F ^a   Brucker, G ^a   Gandbakhch, I ^a   Huraux, J M ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031853547     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(98)80030-9     Document Type: Article

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