A large outbreak of Trichophyton tonsurans among health care workers in a pediatric hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Shroba, Jodi ^a   Olson Burgess, Cindy ^a   Preuett, Barry ^a   Abdel Rahman, Susan M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GRISEOFULVIN; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TINEA CORPORIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58549120236     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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