An outbreak of noninvasive group A streptococcal disease in a facility for the developmentally disabled

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 296-300

  Dworkin, Mark S ^a   Park, Lee ^a,b   Barringer, Jacqueline ^c   Curtis, Rod ^d,e  

^a Division of Infectious Disease   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Morgan County Health Department   (United States)

^d Jacksonville Developmental Center Jacksonville   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFECTION CONTROL; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33744517265     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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