Identification of risk factors associated with nosocomial infection by rotavirus P4G2, in a neonatal unit of a tertiary-care hospital

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 280 - 285
• Main Authors: Herruzo, R., Omeñaca, F., García, S., Diez, J., Sánchez-Fauquier, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Case–control; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Cross Infection - virology; Disease Outbreaks; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - epidemiology; Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - virology; Feces - virology; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; neonate; outbreak; Risk Factors; Rotavirus; Rotavirus - classification; Rotavirus - isolation & purification; Rotavirus Infections - epidemiology; Rotavirus Infections - virology; rotavirus P4G2; Spain; tertiary-care hospital; Spain; outbreak; neonate; rotavirus P4G2; Case–control; tertiary-care hospital

A rotavirus outbreak in newborns admitted to the ‘La Paz’ University Hospital, Madrid was detected, followed up and controlled. Uninfected children were selected as control subjects. Samples of faeces were taken once or twice weekly from all the newborns, including those who were asymptomatic and wh...