Adenovirus Type 21 Outbreak Among Lung Transplant Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital.
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SUBMITTER: Philo SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6105090 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
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Adenovirus Type 21 Outbreak Among Lung Transplant Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital.
Philo Sarah E SE Anderson Benjamin D BD Costa Sylvia F SF Henshaw Nancy N Lewis Sarah S SS Reynolds John M JM Jayakumar Jayanthi J Su Yvonne C F YCF Gray Gregory C GC
Open forum infectious diseases 20180731 8
Here we summarize an April 2016, 7-patient cluster of human adenovirus (HAdV) infections in a cardiothoracic surgery intensive care unit. We show that the patients were infected with a single HAdV21b type. Rapid HAdV typing diagnostics and effective antiviral interventions are needed for immunocompromised patients suffering from HAdV infections. ...[more]
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