Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 15A in Psychiatric Unit, Rhode Island, USA, 2010–2011

During a pneumococcal disease outbreak in a pediatric psychiatric unit in a hospital in Rhode Island, USA, 6 (30%) of 20 patients and staff were colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 15A, which is not included in pneumococcal vaccines. The outbreak subsided after implementation of antimic...

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Autores principales: Fleming-Dutra, Katherine, Mbaeyi, Chukwuma, Link-Gelles, Ruth, Alexander, Nicole, Guh, Alice, Forbes, Elizabeth, Beall, Bernard, Winchell, Jonas M., Carvalho, Maria da Gloria, Pimenta, Fabiana, Kodani, Maja, Vanner, Cindy, Stevens, Hilary, Brady, Diane, Caulcrick-Grimes, Mardea, Bandy, Utpala, Moore, Matthew R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23092658
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1811.120454

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23092658
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1811.120454

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