Management of inpatients exposed to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Tan, Y M ^a   Chow, P K H ^a   Tan, B H ^a   Kurup, A ^a   Tan, B K T ^a   Tan, F L S ^a   Seldrup, J ^b   Heng, D M K ^b   Ang, B ^c   Green, J ^c   Wong, C Y ^a   Soo, K C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disease outbreak; Emerging communicable diseases; Epidemiology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 7744236700     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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