RSV outbreak in a paediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-201

  Thorburn, Kent ^a   Kerr, S ^a   Taylor, N ^b   van Saene, H K F ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nosocomial RSV infection; Outbreak; Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU); Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BODY FLUID; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIALS HANDLING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; NASAL MUCOSA; PHARYNX; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 3242744496     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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