Respiratory syncytial virus outbreak defined by rapid screening in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-294

  Dizdar, E A ^a   Aydemir, C ^a   Erdeve, O ^a   Sari, F N ^a   Oguz, S ^a   Uras, N ^a   Dilmen, U ^a  

^a Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Outbreak; Palivizumab; Rapid screening test; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

PALIVIZUMAB; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SCREENING TEST; CROSS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; TURKEY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; TURKEY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED;

EID: 77954539553     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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