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A pseudoepidemic of adenoviruses in a neonatal care unit
M Ieven1, P Van Reempts, B Van Overmeire
1Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
A number of stool samples from a neonatal intensive care unit reacted in a latex agglutination test (LAT) for adenoviruses. However, the majority of these babies had no symptoms. Virus particles were not visualized by electron microscopy, whereas the results of ELISAs and stool cultures in appropriate cell lines remained negative. The episode was interpreted as a pseudoepidemic. The LAT for adenoviruses is not suited for the examination of stools from very young babies.