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Cluster of human parechovirus infections as the predominant cause of sepsis in neonates and infants, Leicester, United Kingdom, 8 May to 2 August 2016.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 25 Aug 2016
Tang Julian W, Holmes Christopher W, Elsanousi Fadwa A, Patel Ayushi, Adam Fazila, Speight Rachel, Shenoy Savitha, Bronnert Daniel, Stiefel Gary, Sundaram Premkumar, Pande Suchandra, Sridhar Arani, Kairamkonda Venkatesh, Bandi Srini
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We report an unusually high number of cases (n = 26) of parechovirus infections in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of neonates and infants admitted with sepsis in the United Kingdom during 8 May to 2 August 2016. Although such infections in neonates and infants are well-documented, parechovirus has not been routinely included in many in-house and commercial PCR assays for CSF testing. Clinicians should consider...
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