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. 2022 Dec 1;41(12):1017-1019.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003700. Epub 2022 Sep 14.

Detection of Parechovirus and Enterovirus Among Infants Evaluated for Late-onset Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Viral Respiratory Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Parechovirus-Enterovirus Study

Pablo J Sánchez  1   2 , Reginald A Woods  1 , Huanyu Wang  3 , Andrea Ronchi  2   4 , Carlo Pietrasanta  4 , Ian C Michelow  5 , Fabio Mosca  4 , Lorenza Pugni  4 , Amy Leber  3
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Detection of Parechovirus and Enterovirus Among Infants Evaluated for Late-onset Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Viral Respiratory Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Parechovirus-Enterovirus Study

Pablo J Sánchez et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

In a prospective cohort study of 65 inborn infants who were evaluated for late-onset sepsis at >72 hours of age in 2 academic neonatal intensive care units, none had parechovirus or enterovirus RNA detected by polymerase chain reaction performed on nasopharyngeal specimens during the first or subsequent sepsis evaluations (n = 80).

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Conflict of interest statement

A.R. and C.P. received grant support from “A.Griffini – J Miglierina” Fundation - Provincia di Varese Piazza Libertà 1- 21100 Varese-Italy.” The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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