| Title | Detection of respiratory viral infections in neonates treated for suspicion of nosocomial bacterial sepsis: a feasibility study. | ||
| Author | Kidszun, Andre; Hansmann, Anne; Winter, Julia; Grondahl, Britta; Knuf, Markus; Weise, Kerstin; Mildenberger, Eva | ||
| Journal | Pediatr Infect Dis J | Publication Year/Month | 2014-Jan |
| PMID | 24064563 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation | 1.From the *Department of Neonatology; daggerDepartment of Paediatrics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz; double dagger Children's Hospital, Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik, Wiesbaden; and section signInstitute for Virology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Hochhaus am Augustusplatz, Mainz, Germany. | ||
There is a lack of knowledge concerning the frequency and significance of respiratory viral infections that occur in the neonatal intensive care unit. In the present study, all neonates with suspected nosocomial bacterial sepsis were screened for a panel of respiratory viruses. Respiratory viral infections were detected in 10% of these cases. This was comparable with the frequency of a blood-culture-proven sepsis.