Health care-associated outbreak of Salmonella Tennessee in a neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Boehmer, Tegan K ^a,b   Bamberg, Wendy M ^a,c   Ghosh, Tista S ^b   Cronquist, Alicia ^c   Fornof, Marie E ^d   Cichon, Mary Kate ^c   Gershman, Ken ^c   Vogt, Richard L ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

^c Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

EID: 58549097509     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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