AN OUTBREAK OF HUMAN RHINOVIRUS SPECIES C INFECTIONS IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

作者：Reid Alistair Balfour^*; Anderson Tara Lee; Cooley Louise; Williamson Jan; Mcgregor Alistair Roy

来源：Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2011, 30(12): 1096-1098.

DOI：10.1097/INF.0b013e31822938d7

• rhinovirus
• outbreak
• human rhinovirus species C
• neonatal intensive care unit

We describe an outbreak of human rhinovirus type C infection in 7 infants in our neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit. Five infants had clinically significant apneic episodes and 5 required increased oxygen or ventilatory support. Infants shed virus detectable by polymerase chain reaction for a median of 4 weeks.

• 出版日期2011-12