Outbreak of parainfluenza virus type 3 in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Parainfluenza virus (PIV) causes > 30% of all acute respiratory infections in infants and children and is second only to respiratory syncytial virus as a cause of lower respiratory tract infection. However in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), PIV outbreaks are highly uncommon. This case report describes an outbreak of 3 cases of PIV type 3 in a regional NICU.
Simmonds
Aryeh
A
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA. asimmonds@winthrop.org
Munoz
Jose
J
Montecalvo
Marisa
M
Clones
Barbara
B
Lagamma
Edmund F
EF
D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome