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. 2019 Nov;40(11):1305-1308.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.235. Epub 2019 Aug 28.

Adenovirus pseudo-outbreak associated with bronchoscopy

Walter C Hellinger  1 , Heather C Parth  2 , Brenda T Smith  2 , Lisa L Bickley  3 , Michael A Bednarik  4 , Elma B Reger  5 , D Jane Hata  5 , Anne-Carol Burke  6
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Adenovirus pseudo-outbreak associated with bronchoscopy

Walter C Hellinger et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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