Healthcare-associated pertussis outbreak in Arizona: Challenges and economic impact, 2011

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-84

  Yasmin, Seema ^a   Sunenshine, Rebecca ^b   Bisgard, Kristine M ^a   Wiedeman, Caleb ^c,e   Carrigan, Alice ^b   Sylvester, Tammy ^b   Garcia, Greg ^b   Rose, Karen ^b   Wright, Sun ^b   Miller, Susan ^b   De La Huerta, Rachel ^b   Houser, Helen ^b   D'Souza, Aarikha ^c,f   Anderson, Shoana ^c   Howard, Kathleen ^d   Komatsu, Kenneth ^c   Klein, Ronald ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Maricopa County Health Dept   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Banner Desert Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease outbreak; Healthcare worker patient transmission; Infants; Neonates; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL COST; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84949125397     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis136     Document Type: Article

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