Nosocomial ringworm in a neonatal intensive care unit: A nurse and her cat

Authors
Drusin, LM Ross, BG Rhodes, KH Krauss, AN Scott, RA
Citation
Lm. Drusin et al., Nosocomial ringworm in a neonatal intensive care unit: A nurse and her cat, INFECT CONT, 21(9), 2000, pp. 605-607
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0899823X → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
605 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(200009)21:9<605:NRIANI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
An outbreak of nosocomial ringworm involved five infants in a neonatal inte nsive 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 col laboration of physician and veterinary dermatologists and infection control personnel.