Lage incidentie van nosocomiale infecties met respiratoir syncytieel virus onder kinderen jonger dan 12 maanden op de afdeling Kindergeneeskunde van het Sophia Kinderziekenhuis te Rotterdam, 1992/'95 ; Low incidence of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infections among children younger than 12 months in the Department of Pediatrics, Sophia Children's Hospital at Rotterdam

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence of nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections and to compare their clinical features with those of community-acquired RSV infections. DESIGN: Retrospective. METHOD: Data were collected from the medical records of children younger than 12 months with RSV infection in the Department of Pediatrics of Sophia's Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in October-March 1992/'95. The diagnosis of 'RSV infection' was confirmed by a direct immunofluorescent assay and/or a viral culture on materials obtained from nasopharyngeal washes. A noso... Mehr ...