Transmission risk factors and treatment of pediatric shigellosis during a large daycare center-associated outbreak of multidrug resistant shigella sonnei: Implications for the management of shigellosis outbreaks among children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 976-980

  Arvelo, Wences ^a,b   Hinkle, C Jon ^c   Nguyen, Thai An ^a   Weiser, Thomas ^b,c   Steinmuller, Nichole ^a   Khan, Fazle ^c   Gladbach, Steve ^c   Parsons, Michele ^a   Jennings, Desmond ^a   Zhu, Bao Ping ^c   Mintz, Eric ^a   Bowen, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c Missouri State Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Daycare center; Diarrhea; Outbreak; Shigella sonnei; Shigellosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 70350543867     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a76eab     Document Type: Article

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