Detection of Parechovirus and Enterovirus Among Infants Evaluated for Late-onset Sepsis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: The Viral Respiratory Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Parechovirus-Enterovirus Study

In a prospective cohort study of 65 inborn infants who were evaluated for late-onset sepsis at>72 hours of age in 2 academic neonatal intensive care units, none had parechovirus or enterovirus RNA detected by polymerase chain reaction performed on nasopharyngeal specimens during the first or subsequent sepsis evaluations (n = 80).
Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Maternal-Neonatal Reports Source Type: research