Outbreak of Salmonella javiana infection at a children's hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 586-592

  Elward, Alexis ^a,b   Grim, Autumn ^a   Schroeder, Patricia ^b   Kieffer, Patricia ^b   Sellenriek, Patricia ^b   Ferrett, Rhonda ^b   Adams, Hilda Chaski ^c   Phillips, Virginia ^c   Bartow, Rhonda ^c   Mays, Debra ^b   Lawrence, Steven ^a   Seed, Patrick ^a   Holzmann Pazgal, Galit ^a   Polish, Louis ^a   Leet, Terry ^d   Fraser, Victoria ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c St Louis County Department of Health   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MISSOURI; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

EID: 33745787213     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506483     Document Type: Article

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