Cluster of deaths from group A streptococcus in a long-term care facility - Georgia, 2001

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-113

  Greene, Carolyn M ^a,d   Van Beneden, Chris A ^a   Javadi, Massoud ^a   Skoff, Tami H ^a   Beall, Bernard ^a   Facklam, Richard ^a   Abercrombie, Debra R ^b   Kramer, Stacy L ^c   Arnold, Kate E ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Mental Health Department Rome E   (Italy)

^c Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HAND; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEPSIS; SPECIES INVASION; STANDARDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND CARE;

EID: 14144252564     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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