Masking of neutropenic patients on transport from hospital rooms is associated with a decrease in nosocomial aspergillosis during construction

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-43

  Raad, Issam ^a   Hanna, Hend ^a   Osting, Cheryl ^a   Hachem, Ray ^a   Umphrey, Jan ^a   Tarrand, Jeffrey ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop ^a   Bodey, Gerald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASK; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0036170914     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501967     Document Type: Article

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