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Nosocomial Infections



Reports on nosocomial infections findings from H. Ishiko and co-researchers provide new insights



October 7th, 2008

"In 2000, we encountered cases of nosocomial infections with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) at a university hospital in Kobe, in the western part of Japan. Two human adenovirus (HAdV) strains, Kobe-H and Kobe-S, were isolated from patients with nosocomial EKC infection," investigators in Tokyo, Japan report.

"They were untypeable by existing neutralizing antisera; however, the isolate was neutralized with homologous antisera. We then encountered several cases of EKC due to nosocomial infections in eye clinics in different parts of Japan. A total of 80 HAdVs were isolated from patients with EKC at eight different hospitals. The partial hexon gene sequences of the...


Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-07)

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