Characteristics and management of patients with influenza in a German hospital during the 2014/2015 influenza season

Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 667-672

  Hagel, Stefan ^a   Ludewig, Katrin ^a   Moeser, Anne ^a   Baier, Michael ^a   Löffler, Bettina ^a   Schleenvoigt, Benjamin ^a   Forstner, Christina ^a,b   Pletz, Mathias W ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Influenza; Isolation; Management; Nosocomial transmission; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MONOTHERAPY; NURSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERY ELDERLY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 84977119978     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-016-0920-0     Document Type: Article

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