Outbreak of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Caused by Norovirus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-344

  Turcios Ruiz, Reina M ^a   Axelrod, Peter ^a   St John, Keith ^a   Bullitt, Esther ^b   Donahue, Joan ^a   Robinson, Nancy ^a   Friss, Helena E ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROL STRATEGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOROVIRUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49349084787     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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