title: Laboratory-based surveillance of hospital-acquired respiratory virus infection in a tertiary care hospital.
abstract: Of 7,772 laboratory-confirmed cases of respiratory viral infection among hospitalized patients, 22.8% were categorized as having hospital-acquired infection. The overall incidence of hospital-acquired respiratory viral infection was 3.9 (95% confidence interval, 3.7-4.1) cases per 1,000 admitted patients. Rhinovirus was the most common virus (30.3%), followed by influenza virus (17.6%) and parainfluenza virus (15.6%).
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Heungsup
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Youn
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Jee
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: So-Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Ri
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Ulsan, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Sim
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: sangho@amc.seoul.kr.
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Hospital-acquired viral infection; Respiratory virus; Transmission of respiratory virus