An epidemic of Malassezia pachydermatis in an intensive care nursery associated with colonization of health care workers' pet dogs

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 706-711

  Chang, Huan J ^a,c   Miller, Hilary L ^a   Watkins, Nancy ^d   Arduino, Matthew J ^a   Ashford, David A ^b   Midgley, Gillian ^e   Aguero, Sonia M ^a   Pinto Powell, Roshini ^d   Von Fordham Reyn, C ^d   Edwards, William ^d   Mcneil, Michael M ^b   Jarvis, William R ^a   Pruitt, Ruth ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOG; EPIDEMIC; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MYCOSES; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 18144440033     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199803123381102     Document Type: Article

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