Outbreak of adenovirus serotype 8 conjunctivitis in preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-149

  Ersoy, Y ^a   Otlu, B ^a   Turkcuoglu P ^a   Yetkin, F ^a   Aker, S ^a   Kuzucu, C ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenovirus conjunctivitis; Outbreak; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 8; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTION; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LACRIMATION; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; TURKEY;

EID: 84855997201     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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