Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in two patients infected by a colonized surgeon

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 259-260

  Rutishauser, J ^a   Funke, G ^b   Lutticken R ^c   Ruef, C ^b  

^a Kantonsspital Luzern Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; NORADRENALIN; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS TOXOID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGEON; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGERY;

EID: 0032851741     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050024     Document Type: Article

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