Prolonged norovirus shedding and the use of a rapid norovirus polymerase chain reaction to assess terminal room cleaning in immunocompromised patients

J Hosp Infect. 2019 Jul;102(3):354-355. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.02.006. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Authors

C Smith¹, A Casey¹, S L Round¹, R Malladi¹, E Holden¹, M I Garvey²

Affiliations

¹ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
² University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK; Institute of Microbiology and Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: mark.garvey@uhb.nhs.uk.

PMID: 30790606
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.02.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Caliciviridae Infections / virology*
Chronic Disease
Disinfection / methods*
Environmental Microbiology*
Gastroenteritis / virology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods
Norovirus / isolation & purification*
Patients' Rooms*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Time Factors
Virus Shedding*