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Genotyping of adenoviruses isolated in an outbreak in a bone marrow transplant unit shows that diverse strains are involved.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jan 2000
Venard V, Carret A, Corsaro D, Bordigoni P, Le Faou A
Abstract excerpt
In the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of the "Centre Hospitalier Universitaire" in Nancy, from October 1995 to May 1996, 13 patients of 65 (20%) had a positive adenovirus (Ad) culture after bone marrow transplant. This unusually high rate raised fears of nosocomial spread and so isolates were serotyped. Fourteen Ad strains were isolated from the 13 patients, nine were of serotype 1, 2 or 3, and 5 were non-typable....
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