Adenovirus Type 21 Outbreak Among Lung Transplant Patients at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital. (31st July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Philo, Sarah E; Anderson, Benjamin D; Costa, Sylvia F; Henshaw, Nancy; Lewis, Sarah S; Reynolds, John M; Jayakumar, Jayanthi; Su, Yvonne C F; Gray, Gregory C
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 5:Number 8(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-07-31
• Subjects: adenovirus -- epidemiology -- lung transplant -- outbreak; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy188
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Here we summarize an April 2016, 7-patient cluster of human adenovirus (HAdV) infections in a cardiothoracic surgery intensive care unit. We show that the patients were infected with a single HAdV21b type. Rapid HAdV typing diagnostics and effective antiviral interventions are needed for immunocompromised patients suffering from HAdV infections.