An echovirus type 18 outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit

Zeitschrift für Kinderheilkunde - Tập 167 Số 5 - Trang 587-589 - 2008
Koichi Kusuhara1, Mitsumasa Saito1, Yuka Sasaki1, Shunji Hikino1, Tomoaki Taguchi2, Sachiyo Suita2, Jun Hayashi3, Kiyoko Wakatsuki4, Toshiro Hara1
1Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
3Infection Control Team, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
4Fukuoka City Institute for Hygiene and the Environment, Fukuoka, Japan

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