Bordetella pertussis in a neonatal intensive care unit: Identification of the mother as the likely source

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-135

  Elumogo, T N ^a   Booth, D ^a   Enoch, D A ^b   Kuppuswamy, A ^a   Tremlett, C ^a   Williams, C J ^c   Shankar, A ^c   Morter, S ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bordetella pertussis; Infection control; Whooping cough

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PERTUSSIS VACCINE;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT CARE; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MOTHERS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 84866365276     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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