Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of viral infections in a neonatal intensive care unit during a 12-year period

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 901-904

  Verboon Maciolek, Malgorzata A ^a   Krediet, Tannette G ^a   Gerards, Leo J ^a   Fleer, Andre ^b   Van Loon, Ton M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neonatal infection; Neonatal intensive care unit; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARECHOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

EID: 26944491791     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000180471.03702.7f     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Gelber SE, Ratner AJ. Hospital-acquired viral pathogens in the neonatal intensive care unit. Semin Perinatol. 2002;26:346-356.
2. Sharma R, Hudak ML, Premachandra BR, et al. Clinical manifestations of rotavirus infection in the neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002;21:1099-1105.
3. Faden H, Wynn RJ, Campagna L, Ryan RM. Outbreak of adenovirus type 30 in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Pediatr. 2005;146:523-527.
4. Sagrera X, Ginovart G, Raspall F, et al. Outbreaks of influenza A virus infection in neonatal intensive care units. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002;21: 196-200.
5. Gagneur A, Sizun J, Vallet S, Legr MC, Picard B, Talbot PJ. Coronavirus-related nosocomial viral respiratory infections in a neonatal and paediatric intensive care unit: a prospective study. J Hosp Infect. 2002;51:59-64.
6. Stranska R, Schuurman R, de Vos M, van Loon AM. Routine use of a highly automated and internally controlled real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis of herpes simplex and varicella-zoster virus infections. J Clin Virol. 2004;30:39-44.
7. Abzug MJ, Loeffelholz M, Rotbart HA. Diagnosis of neonatal enterovirus infection by polymerase chain reaction. J Pediatr. 1995;126:447-450.
8. Nijhuis M, van Maarseveen N, Schuurman R, et al. Rapid and sensitive routine detection of all members of the genus enterovirus in different clinical specimens by real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 2002;40:3666-3670.
9. Verboon-Maciolek MA, Nijhuis M, van Loon AM, et al. Diagnosis of enterovirus infection in the first 2 months of life by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;37:1-6.
10. Ieven M, Goossens H. Relevance of nucleic acid amplification techniques for diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in the clinical laboratory. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1997;10:242-256.
11. Stanway G, Joki-Korpela P, Hyypia T. Human parechoviruses: biology and clinical significance. Rev Med Virol. 2000;10:57-69.
12. Munoz FM, Campbell JR, Atmar RL, et al. Influenza A virus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999;18:811-815.
13. Chaberny IE, Schnitzler P, Geiss HK, Wendt C. An outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in a pediatric unit due to adenovirus type 8. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003;24:514-519.
14. van Loon AM, Cleator GC, Ras A. External quality assessment of enterovirus detection and typing: European Union Concerted Action on Virus Meningitis and Encephalitis. Bull World Health Organ. 1999;77: 217-223.
15. Verboon-Maciolek MA, Swanink CM, Krediet TG, et al. Severe neonatal echovirus 20 infection characterized by hepatic failure. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1997;16:524-527.
16. Modlin JF. Perinatal echovirus infection: insights from a literature review of 61 cases of serious infection and 16 outbreaks in nurseries. Rev Infect Dis. 1986;8:918-926.
17. Wilson CW, Stevenson DK, Arvin AM. A concurrent epidemic of respiratory syncytial virus and echovirus 7 infections in an intensive care nursery. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1989;8:24-29.
18. Watson JC, Fleming DW, Borella AJ, Olcott ES, Conrad RE, Baron RC. Vertical transmission of hepatitis A resulting in an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Infect Dis. 1993;167:567-571.
19. Piedra PA, Kasel JA, Norton HJ, Garcia-Prats JA, Rayford Y, Estes MK, et al. Description of an adenovirus type 8 outbreak in hospitalized neonates born prematurely. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992;11:460-465.
20. Rudd PT, Carrington D. A prospective study of chlamydial, mycoplasmal, and viral infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. Arch Dis Child. 1984;59:120-125.
21. Sizun J, Soupre D, Legrand MC, et al. Neonatal nosocomial respiratory infection with coronavirus: a prospective study in a neonatal intensive care unit. Acta Paediatr. 1995;84:617-620.
22. Cunney RJ, Bialachowski A, Thornley D, Smaill FM, Pennie RA. An outbreak of influenza A in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000;21:449-454.
23. Birenbaum E, Handsher R, Kuint J, et al. Echovirus type 22 outbreak associated with gastro-intestinal disease in a neonatal intensive care unit. Am J Perinatol. 1997;14:469-473.
24. Krediet TG, Jones ME, Gerards LJ, Fleer A. Clinical outcome of cephalothin versus vancomycin therapy in the treatment of coagulase-negative staphylococcal septicemia in neonates: relation to methicillin resistance and mecA gene carriage of blood isolates. Pediatrics. 1999;103:E29.
25. Nambiar S, Singh N. Change in epidemiology of health care-associated infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002; 21:839-842.
26. Moisiuk SE, Robson D, Klass L, et al. Outbreak of parainfluenza virus type 3 in an intermediate care neonatal nursery. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1998;17:49-53.
27. Kinney JS, McCray E, Kaplan JE, et al. Risk factors associated with echovirus 11′ infection in a hospital nursery. Pediatr Infect Dis. 1986; 5:192-197.
28. Jenista JA, Powell KR, Menegus MA. Epidemiology of neonatal enterovirus infection. J Pediatr. 1984;104:685-690.