Detection of Common Respiratory Viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Patient-Occupied Rooms in Pediatric ards

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 14, 2016, Pages

  Wan, Go Ha ^a   Huang, Chung Guei ^b,c   Chung, Fen Fang ^e   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,d   Tsao, Kuo Chien ^b,c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,d  

^a Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chang Gung University ^*  (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VIRUS DETECTION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROVIRUS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PEDIATRICS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84964668128     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003014     Document Type: Article

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