Successful control of a pertussis outbreak in a university children's hospital

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Crameri, Sandra ^a   Heininger, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Outbreak; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 54349102006     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1230     Document Type: Article

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