Viral Genome Sequencing Proves Nosocomial Transmission of Fatal Varicella.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27571904.
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Abstract
We report the first use of whole viral genome sequencing to identify nosocomial transmission of varicella-zoster virus with fatal outcome. The index case patient, nursed in source isolation, developed disseminated zoster with rash present for 1 day before being transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). Two patients who had received renal transplants while inpatients in an adjacent ward developed chickenpox and 1 died; neither patient had direct contact with the index patient.
Medical subject headings
- Chickenpox
- Cross Infection
- Genome, Viral
- Herpesvirus 3, Human