Use of the rapid antigenic test to determine the duration of isolation in infants hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus infections

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 493-495

  Myers, Catherine ^a,b   Wagner, Noemie ^a   Kaiser, Laurent ^a   Posfay Barbe, Klara ^a   Gervaix, Alain ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigenic testing; Contagiousness; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049118949     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807310936     Document Type: Article

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