Nosocomial ringworm in a neonatal intensive care unit: a nurse and her cat.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 21(9): 605-7, 2000 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11001268
ABSTRACT
An outbreak of nosocomial ringworm involved five infants in a neonatal intensive care unit. The index case was a nurse infected with Microsporum canis by her cat. After standard infection control measures were initiated, the outbreak was resolved successfully by an interdisciplinary professional collaboration of physician and veterinary dermatologists and infection control personnel.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tiña
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Unidades de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Profesional a Paciente
Límite:
Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article