An outbreak of varicella in staff nurses exposed to a patient with localized herpes zoster.
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.
Saidel-Odes
Lisa
L
Infectious Diseases Institute, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-sheva, Israel. saidelod@bgu.ac.il
Borer
Abraham
A
Riesenberg
Klaris
K
Frenkel
Amit
A
Sherlis
Roslan
R
Bouhnick
Leah
L
Schlaeffer
Fransisc
F
D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D016273:Occupational Exposure
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M