Disruption of services in an internal medicine unit due to a nosocomial influenza outbreak

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 615-619

  Sartor, Catherine ^a   Zandotti, Christine ^d   Romain, Fanny ^b   Jacomo, Véronique ^a   Simon, Sophie ^d   Atlan Gepner, Catherine ^c   Sambuc, Roland ^a,b   Vialettes, Bernard ^c   Drancourt, Michel ^a  

^a Service des Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0036795592     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501981     Document Type: Article

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