Detection and prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis among hospital employees using real-time polymerase chain reaction as an infection prevention tool

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 728-731

  Kuo, Irene C ^a   Espinosa, Colleen ^b   Forman, Michael ^b   Pehar, Miriana ^b   Maragakis, Lisa L ^b,c   Valsamakis, Alexandra ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; EPISCLERITIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELECONSULTATION; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ALGORITHM; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; ALGORITHMS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84899894730     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676428     Document Type: Article

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