Outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in immunocompromised adults on a hematology ward

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1827-1831

  Jensen, Tomas Ostergaard ^a,b   Stelzer Braid, Sacha ^b,c   Willenborg, Christiana ^c   Cheung, Carol ^c   Andresen, David ^a   Rawlinson, William ^b,c   Clezy, Kate ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

adults; epidemiology; hematology; immunosuppression; respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELPHALAN; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84979916734     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24521     Document Type: Article

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