Infections in psychiatric facilities, with an emphasis on outbreaks

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-88

  Fukuta, Yuriko ^a   Muder, Robert R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IVERMECTIN; OSELTAMIVIR; PERMETHRIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS TYPE 35; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PARASITOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SCABIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84870932993     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668774     Document Type: Article

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