An outbreak of varicella in staff nurses exposed to a patient with localized herpes zoster

Lisa Saidel-Odes; Abraham Borer; Klaris Riesenberg; Amit Frenkel; Roslan Sherlis; Leah Bouhnick; Fransisc Schlaeffer

doi:10.3109/00365541003754436

An outbreak of varicella in staff nurses exposed to a patient with localized herpes zoster

Lisa Saidel-Odes, Abraham Borer, Klaris Riesenberg, Amit Frenkel, Roslan Sherlis, Leah Bouhnick, Fransisc Schlaeffer

Recanati School for Community Health Professions

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An outbreak of varicella occurred in an internal medicine ward. The outbreak comprised 3 nurses, 2 of whom were directly exposed to an immunocompetent patient with localized herpes zoster. Our observation provides an argument for airborne precautions in hospitalized patients with localized herpes zoster.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	620-622
Number of pages	3
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	42
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00365541003754436
State	Published - 1 Aug 2010

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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