An echovirus type 18 outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

Koichi Kusuhara; Mitsumasa Saito; Yuka Sasaki; Shunji Hikino; Tomoaki Taguchi; Sachiyo Suita; Jun Hayashi; Kiyoko Wakatsuki; Toshiro Hara

doi:10.1007/s00431-007-0516-x

An echovirus type 18 outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

Eur J Pediatr. 2008 May;167(5):587-9. doi: 10.1007/s00431-007-0516-x. Epub 2007 Jun 26.

Authors

Koichi Kusuhara¹, Mitsumasa Saito, Yuka Sasaki, Shunji Hikino, Tomoaki Taguchi, Sachiyo Suita, Jun Hayashi, Kiyoko Wakatsuki, Toshiro Hara

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. kkusuhar@pediatr.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

PMID: 17593390
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0516-x

Abstract

We describe an outbreak of echovirus type 18 infection involving 20 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients and the results of virological investigations are presented. RT-PCR demonstrated a widespread transmission of the virus in NICU patients during the outbreak. Separation care and additional infection control measures seemed to be effective in preventing further spread of the virus.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / virology
DNA, Viral / analysis*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Enterovirus B, Human / genetics*
Enterovirus Infections / epidemiology*
Enterovirus Infections / virology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / statistics & numerical data*
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Retrospective Studies
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

DNA, Viral