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Abstract
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.
Acknowledgements
This work was presented in part as an oral presentation at the 48th ICAAC/IDSA 46th annual meeting, Washington, DC, October 25–28, 2008.
Declaration of interest: No conflict of interest to declare.