Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2016)

Nosocomial Outbreak of Parechovirus 3 Infection among Newborns, Austria, 2014

  • Volker Strenger,
  • Sabine Diedrich,
  • Sindy Boettcher,
  • Susanne Richter,
  • Peter Maritschnegg,
  • Dietmar Gangl,
  • Simone Fuchs,
  • Gernot Grangl,
  • Bernhard Resch,
  • Berndt Urlesberger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2209.151497
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 9
pp. 1631 – 1634

Abstract

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In 2014, sepsis-like illness affected 9 full-term newborns in 1 hospital in Austria. Although results of initial microbiological testing were negative, electron microscopy identified picornavirus. Archived serum samples and feces obtained after discharge were positive by PCR for human parechovirus 3. This infection should be included in differential diagnoses of sepsis-like illness in newborns.

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