Investigation of a group a streptococcal outbreak among residents of a long-term acute care hospital

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 988-994

  Deutscher, Meredith ^a,b   Schillie, Sarah ^b,c   Gould, Carolyn ^c   Baumbach, Joan ^d   Mueller, Mark ^d   Avery, Catherine ^d   Van Beneden, Chris A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

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

^d NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEW MEXICO; OROPHARYNX; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 79953896040     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir084     Document Type: Article

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