Epidemiology and control of pertussis outbreaks in a tertiary care center and the resource consumption associated with these outbreaks

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-473

  Leekha, Surbhi ^a   Thompson, Rodney L ^a,b   Sampathkumar, Priya ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MINNESOTA; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SICK LEAVE; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 67649710790     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596774     Document Type: Article

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