title: Herpes simplex virus type 2: Cluster of unrelated cases in an intensive care unit.
abstract: Herpes simplex viruses, which are associated with various clinical manifestations, can be transmitted to critically ill patients from other patients or health care staff. We report an apparent outbreak of mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus 2 infections (5 cases in 10 weeks). An epidemiologic investigation and genotype analysis showed no connections among the 5 cases.
authors.affiliation: Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France. Electronic address: gtroche@ch-versailles.fr.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Troché
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marque Juillet
authors.affiliation: Virology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; Centre d'immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, and Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burrel
authors.affiliation: Virology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles Foix University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; Centre d'immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, and Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boutolleau
authors.affiliation: Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bédos
authors.affiliation: Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France.
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Legriel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016638:Critical Illness; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Herpes simplex virus type 2; epidemiology; genotype analysis; health care–related transmission; intensive care