The many faces of human-to-human transmission of brucellosis: Congenital infection and outbreak of nosocomial disease related to an unrecognized clinical case

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Mesner, Oded ^a   Riesenberg, Klaris ^a   Biliar, Natalia ^a   Borstein, Eliezer ^a   Bouhnik, Leah ^a   Peled, Nehama ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BRUCELLA ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOMITE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESUSCITATION; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL WARD; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 40449090205     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523726     Document Type: Article

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