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- Title
Detection and prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis among hospital employees using real-time polymerase chain reaction as an infection prevention tool.
- Authors
Kuo, Irene C; Espinosa, Colleen; Forman, Michael; Pehar, Miriana; Maragakis, Lisa L; Valsamakis, Alexandra
- Abstract
Hospital employees with suspected adenoviral conjunctivitis underwent evaluation and testing with real-time polymerase chain reaction. Viral conjunctivitis was suspected in 307 (59%) of 518 employees with eye complaints; adenovirus was detected in 4% (22 of 518). Four employees had genotypes consistent with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. This algorithm minimizes productivity loss compared with clinical diagnosis.
- Publication
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2014, Vol 35, Issue 6, p728
- ISSN
1559-6834
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/676428