Nosocomial outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit;Brote nosocomial de queratoconjuntivitis epidémica en una unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatal

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Asencio Durán, Mónica ^a,b   Romero Martin R ^a   Garcia Martinez J R ^a   Peralta Calvo, J M ^a   Perez Blanco V ^a   Garcia Caballero J ^a   Malo Martinez C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; Nosocomial outbreak; Subepithelial infiltrates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KERATITIS; MALE;

EID: 34347213794     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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