Infections in Residents of Nursing Homes

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 761-772

  Matheï, Catharina ^a   Niclaes, Luc ^a   Suetens, Carl ^b   Jans, Béatrice ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; REVIEW; SCABIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 34548387065     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.07.005     Document Type: Review

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