Lack of Tularemia Among Health Care Providers With Close Contact With Infected Patients—A Case Series. (19th November 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Lack of Tularemia Among Health Care Providers With Close Contact With Infected Patients—A Case Series. (19th November 2019)
- Main Title:
- Lack of Tularemia Among Health Care Providers With Close Contact With Infected Patients—A Case Series
- Authors:
- Nelson, Christina A
Brown, Jennifer
Riley, Linda
Dennis, Anne
Oyer, Ryan
Brown, Catherine - Abstract:
- Abstract: Francisella tularensis has a low infectious dose and can infect laboratory staff handling clinical specimens. The risk to health care providers exposed during patient care is poorly defined. We describe 9 examples of health care providers who did not develop tularemia after significant exposures to infected patients.
- Is Part Of:
- Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 7:Number 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Open forum infectious diseases
- Issue:
- Volume 7:Number 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 7, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0007-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11-19
- Subjects:
- tularemia -- Francisella tularensis -- infection control -- bioterrorism -- postexposure prophylaxis
Communicable diseases -- Periodicals
Medical microbiology -- Periodicals
Infection -- Periodicals
616.9 - Journal URLs:
- http://ofid.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/ofid/ofz499 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2328-8957
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