An outbreak of norovirus infection in a bone marrow transplant unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 820-823

  Doshi, Manish ^a   Woodwell, Simone ^b   Kelleher, Kimberly ^b   Mangan, Kenneth ^c   Axelrod, Peter ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Jeanes Hospital   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoetic stem cell transplantation; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUID FECES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN;

HEMATOPOETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NOSOCOMIAL;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84883310470     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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