Hepatitis C virus infection in a hematology ward: Evidence for nosocomial transmission and impact on hematologic disease outcome

Haematologica

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1200-1208

  Silini, Enrico ^a   Locasciulli, Anna ^b   Santoleri, Luca ^e   Gargantini, Livio ^e   Pinzello, Giovanbattista ^e   Montillo, Marco ^e   Foti, Luciana ^c   Lisa, Antonella ^d   Orfeo, Nicola ^e   Magliano, Enrico ^e   Nosari, Annamaria ^e   Morra, Enrica ^e  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Assoc Studi Avanz Epatiti Virali   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hematology oncology; Hepatitis C virus; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MUCOSA; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT CARE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSFUSION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036854235     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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