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Pseudo-outbreak of rotavirus infection in a neonatal intensive care unit

Author(s) -

BoonFatt Tan,

YeeChun Chen,

ChunNan Lee,

LuanYin Chang,

WuShiun Hsieh,

PoNien Tsao,

YingChieh Liu,

Meiling Chen,

ShuYuan Ho,

ChunYi Lu,

LiMin Huang

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of microbiology immunology and infection

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1995-9133

pISSN - 1684-1182

DOI - 10.1016/j.jmii.2012.08.030

Subject(s) - outbreak , rotavirus , neonatal intensive care unit , medicine , intensive care unit , infection control , pediatrics , virology , virus , intensive care medicine

A rotavirus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may have catastrophic consequences for young infants receiving critical care. From May 13, 2011 to July 11, 2011, a significant increase in stool samples testing positive for rotavirus antigens in the NICU of a university affiliated hospital was observed. Due to lack of clinical presentations suggestive of rotavirus infection in the patients and the rarity of rotavirus infection in the NICU in the past, a pseudo-outbreak was suspected.

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