"Cloud" health-care workers.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sherertz, R. J. ; Bassetti, S. ; Bassetti-Wyss, B.
• Description:
  Certain bacteria dispersed by health-care workers can cause hospital infections. Asymptomatic health-care workers colonized rectally, vaginally, or on the skin with group A streptococci have caused outbreaks of surgical site infection by airborne dispersal. Outbreaks have been associated with skin colonization or viral upper respiratory tract infection in a phenomenon of airborne dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus called the "cloud" phenomenon. This review summarizes the data supporting the existence of cloud health-care workers.
• Subjects:
  Bordetella Pertussis Disease Outbreaks Health Personnel Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-To-Patient Staphylococcal Infections Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus Pyogenes Whooping Cough
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):241-244.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:eb22263a5615ec6842c703bae5b81d0e65aecdef0580756cbb3e87f0087fa997
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15095/cdc_15095_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 55.78 KB ]