Detection and prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis among hospital employees using real-time polymerase chain reaction as an infection prevention tool

Irene C. Kuo; Colleen Espinosa; Michael Forman; Miriana Pehar; Lisa L. Maragakis; Alexandra Valsamakis

doi:10.1086/676428

Detection and prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis among hospital employees using real-time polymerase chain reaction as an infection prevention tool

Irene C. Kuo, Colleen Espinosa, Michael Forman, Miriana Pehar, Lisa L. Maragakis, Alexandra Valsamakis

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Hospital employees with suspected adenoviral conjunctivitis underwent evaluation and testing with real-time polymerase chain reaction. Viral conjunctivitis was suspected in 307 (59%) of 518 employees with eye complaints; adenovirus was detected in 4% (22 of 518). Four employees had genotypes consistent with epidemic ker-atoconjunctivitis. This algorithm minimizes productivity loss compared with clinical diagnosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	728-731
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/676428
State	Published - Jun 2014

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Detection and prevalence of adenoviral conjunctivitis among hospital employees using real-time polymerase chain reaction as an infection prevention tool

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