Streptococcal meningitis following myelogram procedures

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 614-617

  Hsu, Jennifer ^a   Jensen, Bette ^a   Arduino, Matthew ^a   Bergeron, Toni ^b   Fox, Teresa ^c   Gum, Greg ^d   Pischke, Vera ^e   Potts, David ^f   Townes, John ^g   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a,h  

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

^b West Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

^c Gadsden Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^d Crestwood Hospital   (United States)

^e St Luke's Hospital Milwaukee   (United States)

^f Anderson Medical Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MYELOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASKS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MYELOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34249333409     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513496     Document Type: Article

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