Pertussis: Adults as a source in healthcare settings

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 568-569

  Spearing, Natalie M ^a,b   Horvath, Robert L ^a,c   McCormack, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a Mater Misericordiae Health Services   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COUGHING; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL MASK; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037132065     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04956.x     Document Type: Review

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