Nosocomial hepatitis C in a thoracic surgery unit; retrospective findings generating a prospective study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-328

  Cardell, K ^a   Widell, A ^b   Fryden A ^a   Akerlind B ^a   Mansson A S ^b   Franzen S ^a   Lymer, U B ^c   Isaksson, B ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nosocomial hepatitis C; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; THORAX SURGERY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SWEDEN; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 41549088668     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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