AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF CHICKENPOX IN A HOSPITAL
AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF CHICKENPOX IN A HOSPITAL
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DOI：
10.1056/nejm198002213020807
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发表时间：
1980-01-01
影响因子：
158.5
通讯作者：
GOLDMANN, DA
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作者：
LECLAIR, JM;ZAIA, JA;GOLDMANN, DA
水痘在儿科医院的发生扰乱了免疫正常患者的日常护理，并可能危及免疫抑制患者的生命。1，2疾病控制中心发布的医院预防水痘指南建议，水痘患者应被安置在隔离室，进入房间的人员应穿长袍、手套和口罩。3这些建议是基于观察，表明水痘是通过空气传播的。然而，从未明确证明水痘通过空气传播，而且通过这种途径传播水痘的报道并未充分排除水痘的替代传播方式。
The occurrence of chickenpox in pediatric hospitals disrupts routine care of immunologically normal patients and is potentially life-threatening to immunosuppressed patients.1,2Guidelines for prevention of nosocomial chickenpox that are published by the Center for Disease Control recommend that patients with chickenpox be placed in isolation rooms and that personnel entering the room wear gown, gloves, and mask.3These recommendations are based on observations suggesting that chickenpox is transmitted via the air.456789However, airborne spread has never been unequivocally demonstrated, and the reports of varicella spread by this route have not adequately excluded alternative modes of transmission.456789Moreover, the low secondary . . .