Outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease at a Belfast shipyard in men exposed to welding fumes, northern Ireland, April–May 2015: Preliminary report

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Patterson, L ^a,b   Irvine, N ^b   Wilson, A ^b   Doherty, L ^b   Loughrey, A ^c   Jessop, L ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; 23-VALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; SHIPYARD WORKER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WELDING FUME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXPOSURE; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROCEDURES; WELDING;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AZITHROMYCIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION; WELDING;

EID: 84931058876     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.21.21138     Document Type: Article

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