Abstract
Twenty-eight of 56 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit had stools positive for adenovirus by the Sure-Vue adenovirus test. Virus cultures of conventionally processed and chloroform-extracted stool samples, as well as conventional and real-time PCR tests, were negative for adenovirus. The cause for the 50% false-positive rate with the antigen test was not determined.
MeSH terms
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Adenoviridae / isolation & purification*
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Adenovirus Infections, Human / diagnosis*
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Adenovirus Infections, Human / epidemiology
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Adenovirus Infections, Human / virology
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Antigens, Viral / analysis*
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Cross Infection / diagnosis*
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Cross Infection / epidemiology
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Cross Infection / virology
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Disease Outbreaks*
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False Positive Reactions*
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Feces / virology
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Female
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Humans
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Immunoassay / methods
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Infant
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Intensive Care, Neonatal
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Male
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Virology / methods*
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Virus Cultivation