Nosocomial Malaria and Saline Flush
- Sanjay K. Jain
- Deborah Persaud
- Trish M. Perl
- Margaret A. Pass
- Kathleen M. Murphy
- John M. Pisciotta
- Peter F. Scholl
- James F. Casella
- David J. Sullivan
Publication date
July 2005
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
An investigation of malaria in a US patient without recent travel established Plasmodium falciparum molecular genotype identity in 2 patients who shared a hospital room. P. falciparum can be transmitted in a hospital environment from patient to patient by blood inoculum if standard precautions are breached
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