Mass antibiotic treatment for group A streptococcus outbreaks in two long-term care facilities

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1260-1265

  Smith, Andrea ^a,b   Li, Aimin ^c   Tolomeo, Ornella ^a   Tyrrell, Gregory J ^b,d   Jamieson, Frances ^c   Fisman, David ^a,e,f  

^a Social/Public Health Services Dept   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^d National Centre for Streptococcus   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141866800     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030130     Document Type: Article

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