Pseudo-outbreak of adenovirus in bronchoscopy suite

Jessica L Seidelman^{1

2}, Ibukunoluwa C Akinboyo^{1

3}, Bonnie Taylor², Nancy G Henshaw⁴, Anfal Abdelgadir^{1

5

6}, Gregory C Gray^{1

5

6}, Becky A Smith^{1

2}, Sarah S Lewis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
² Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
⁵ Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
⁶ Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.

Jessica L Seidelman et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;42(8):1016-1017.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.129. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Jessica L Seidelman^{1

2}, Ibukunoluwa C Akinboyo^{1

3}, Bonnie Taylor², Nancy G Henshaw⁴, Anfal Abdelgadir^{1

5

6}, Gregory C Gray^{1

5

6}, Becky A Smith^{1

2}, Sarah S Lewis^{1

2}

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
² Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
⁵ Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
⁶ Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.

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