Nosocomial outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis accompanying environmental contamination with adenoviruses

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-268

  Hamada, N ^a   Gotoh, K ^a   Hara, K ^a   Iwahashi, J ^a   Imamura, Y ^a   Nakamura, S ^b   Taguchi, C ^b   Sugita, M ^b   Yamakawa, R ^b   Etoh, Y ^c   Sera, N ^c   Ishibashi, T ^c   Chijiwa, K ^c   Watanabe, H ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Eye drops; Keratoconjunctivitis; Nosocomial outbreak

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; JAPAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING; WARD;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOMITES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS;

EID: 40649121470     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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