Health and economic consequences of an outbreak of pertussis among healthcare workers in a hospital in France

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 288-292

  Ward, Alexandra ^a,d   Caro, Jaime ^a   Bassinet, Laurence ^b,c   Housset, Bruno ^b,c   O'Brien, Judith A ^a   Guiso, Nicole ^b  

^a CARO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Lung Disease Department   (France)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTUSSIS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 15944425103     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502541     Document Type: Article

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