Oseltamivir adherence and tolerability in health care workers treated prophylactically after occupational influenza exposure

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1020-1022

  Upjohn, Lydia M ^a   Stewardson, Andrew J ^a   Marshall, Caroline ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

H1N1; Nosocomial; Occupational health; Prevention; Side effects

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGHTMARE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; REVIEW; VIVID DREAM; VOMITING;

EID: 84870464287     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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