Post-Hurricane Katrina challenge: Vibrio vulnificus

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 318-324

  Rhoads, Jacqueline ^a,b,c  

^a Nurse Practitioner Program   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LSUHSC School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Alophilic organisms; Hurricane; Infectious disease; Katrina; New Orleans; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISASTER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URBAN HEALTH; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33748674649     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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