Pseudo-outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus infection in a neonatal intensive care unit due to cross-reactivity of surfactant and a rapid immunoassay

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 890-892

  Gastelum, Dawn Terashita ^a   Peterson, Ashley ^a   Mascola, Laurene ^a   Dassey, David ^a   Camargo, Elizabeth ^b  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b White Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORACTANT; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349168200     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605545     Document Type: Article

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