| Title | Laboratory-based surveillance of hospital-acquired respiratory virus infection in a tertiary care hospital. | ||
| Author | Choi, Hye-Suk; Kim, Mi-Na; Sung, Heungsup; Lee, Jeong-Young; Park, Hee-Youn; Kwak, Sun-Hee; Lim, Young-Ju; Hong, Min-Jee; Kim, Sun-Kyung; Park, So-Yeon; Kim, Hyeon-Jeong; Kim, Kyu-Ri; Choi, Hye-Ran; Jeong, Jae Sim; Choi, Sang-Ho | ||
| Journal | Am J Infect Control | Publication Year/Month | 2017-May |
| PMID | 28214160 | PMCID | PMC7124227 |
| Affiliation + expend | 1.Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. | ||
Of 7,772 laboratory-confirmed cases of respiratory viral infection among hospitalized patients, 22.8% were categorized as having hospital-acquired infection. The overall incidence of hospital-acquired respiratory viral infection was 3.9 (95% confidence interval, 3.7-4.1) cases per 1,000 admitted patients. Rhinovirus was the most common virus (30.3%), followed by influenza virus (17.6%) and parainfluenza virus (15.6%).