Adenovirus pseudo-outbreak associated with bronchoscopy

Adenovirus pseudo-outbreak associated with bronchoscopy

Introduction and regular application of multiplex polymerase chain reaction analysis of bronchoalveolar specimens for community-acquired respiratory viruses in January 2017 led to the identification of adenovirus in multiple patients in a surgical intensive unit in July 2017, which was attributed to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2019-11, Vol.40 (11), p.1305-1308
Hauptverfasser: Hellinger, Walter C, Parth, Heather C, Smith, Brenda T, Bickley, Lisa L, Bednarik, Michael A, Reger, Elma B, Jane Hata, D, Burke, Anne-Carol
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adenoviruses
Bronchoscopy
Disinfection & disinfectants
Epidemics
Health care
Hospitals
Infections
Laboratories
Lavage
Medical personnel
Nursing
Outbreaks
Patients
Pneumonia
Polymerase chain reaction
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction and regular application of multiplex polymerase chain reaction analysis of bronchoalveolar specimens for community-acquired respiratory viruses in January 2017 led to the identification of adenovirus in multiple patients in a surgical intensive unit in July 2017, which was attributed to a pseudo-outbreak.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2019.235