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Quarantine

Known as: isolation quarantine, Quarantines, contact isolation 
Restriction of freedom of movement of individuals who have been exposed to infectious or communicable disease in order to prevent its spread; a… 
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Panic, paranoia, and public health--the AIDS epidemic's lessons for Ebola.
The scientific ignorance and paranoia on display in the reaction to the return of health care workers from the front lines of the… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Staphylococcal Enterocolitis: Forgotten but Not Gone?
PurposeStaphylococcus aureus may cause antibiotic-associated diarrhea and enterocolitis, with or without preceding antibiotic use… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Taking off the gloves: toward a less dogmatic approach to the use of contact isolation.
Strongly held beliefs about the need for contact isolation to prevent the spread of infections in the hospital have contributed… 
2006
2006
Genotypic analysis of Acinetobacter bloodstream infection isolates in a Turkish university hospital
Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant pathogen of bloodstream infections in hospital patients that frequently causes single… 
2004
2004
Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hospital: a five-year experience in a Taiwanese teaching hospital.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Eradication of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter from an intensive care unit.
BACKGROUND Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative coccobacillus that causes outbreaks of nosocomial infections in ICUs. Due… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Eradication of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by using oral minocycline-rifampin and topical mupirocin
In an attempt to control the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) within a spinal cord injury unit, we… 
1986
1986
Double-Bagging of Items from Isolation Rooms is Unnecesary as an Infection Control Measure: A Comparative Study of Surface Contamination with Single- and Double-Bagging
Abstract In many hospitals, waste materials and used linens from the rooms of patients in isolation or the clinical laboratories… 
1974
1974
Outbreak of a nosocomial infection with a strain of Proteus rettgeri resistant to many antimicrobials.
Over a three-month period, Proteus rettgeri infections occurred in ten patients on one general medical ward. This organism was… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The Effects of Temperature upon Contraction and Ionic Exchange in Rabbit Ventricular Myocardium
The mechanical responses (active and resting tension, dP/dt, TPT) and ionic exchange characteristics (Ca++, K+, Na+) which follow… 
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