Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus on Hospital Surfaces
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Auteurs : Scott F. Dowell [Géorgie (pays), Thaïlande] ; James M. Simmerman [Géorgie (pays), Thaïlande] ; Dean D. Erdman [Thaïlande] ; Jiunn-Shyan Julian Wu [Thaïlande] ; Achara Chaovavanich [Géorgie (pays)] ; Massoud Javadi [Géorgie (pays), Thaïlande] ; Jyh-Yuan Yang [Thaïlande] ; Larry J. Anderson [Thaïlande] ; Suxiang Tong [Thaïlande] ; Mei Shang Ho [Taïwan]Source :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [ 1058-4838 ] ; 2004.
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DOI: 10.1086/422652
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Anderson</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="aff2"><institution>Ministry of Public Health</institution>,<addr-line>Nonthaburi, Thailand</addr-line></nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Thaïlande</country><wicri:regionArea>Nonthaburi</wicri:regionArea></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Tong, Suxiang" sort="Tong, Suxiang" uniqKey="Tong S" first="Suxiang" last="Tong">Suxiang Tong</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="aff2"><institution>Ministry of Public Health</institution>,<addr-line>Nonthaburi, Thailand</addr-line></nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Thaïlande</country><wicri:regionArea>Nonthaburi</wicri:regionArea></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Ho, Mei Shang" sort="Ho, Mei Shang" uniqKey="Ho M" first="Mei Shang" last="Ho">Mei Shang Ho</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="aff5"><institution>Centers for Disease Control, Academia Sinica</institution>,<addr-line>Taipei, Taiwan</addr-line></nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Taïwan</country><wicri:regionArea>Taipei</wicri:regionArea></affiliation><affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="aff6"><institution>Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica</institution>,<addr-line>Taipei, Taiwan</addr-line></nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Taïwan</country><wicri:regionArea>Taipei</wicri:regionArea></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America</title><idno type="ISSN">1058-4838</idno><idno type="eISSN">1537-6591</idno><imprint><date when="2004">2004</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><title>Abstract</title><p><bold><italic>Background.</italic></bold> Health care workers continued to contract severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), even after barrier precautions were widely implemented.</p><p><bold><italic>Methods.</italic></bold> We explored the possible contribution of contaminated hospital surfaces to SARS transmission by swabbing surfaces in 2 hospitals and testing the swab samples by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and viral culture.</p><p><bold><italic>Results.</italic></bold> Twenty-six of 94 swab samples tested positive for viral RNA. Swab samples of respiratory secretions from each of the 4 patients examined tested positive by RT-PCR, as were 12 of 43 swabs from patient rooms and 10 of 47 swabs from other parts of the hospital, including the computer mouses at 2 nursing stations and the handrail of the public elevator. Specimens from areas with patients with SARS in the most infectious phase of illness (days 5–15 after onset) were more likely to be RNA positive than were swab specimens from elsewhere (24 of 63 samples vs. 2 of 31 samples; <italic>P</italic> = .001). All cultures showed no growth.</p><p><bold><italic>Conclusions.</italic></bold> Although the viruses identified may have been noninfectious, health care workers should be aware that SARS coronavirus can contaminate environmental surfaces in the hospital, and fomites should be considered to be a possible mode of transmission of SARS.</p></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Olsen, S" uniqKey="Olsen S">S Olsen</name></author><author><name sortKey="Chang, H" uniqKey="Chang H">H Chang</name></author><author><name sortKey="Cheung, T" uniqKey="Cheung T">T Cheung</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Lee, Sh" uniqKey="Lee S">SH Lee</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Scales, Dc" uniqKey="Scales D">DC Scales</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Widdowson, Ma" uniqKey="Widdowson M">MA Widdowson</name></author><author><name sortKey="Van Doornum, Gj" uniqKey="Van Doornum G">GJ van Doornum</name></author><author><name sortKey="Van Der Poel, Wh" uniqKey="Van Der Poel W">WH van der Poel</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Yu, Wl" uniqKey="Yu W">WL Yu</name></author><author><name sortKey="Cheng, Hs" uniqKey="Cheng H">HS Cheng</name></author><author><name sortKey="Lin, Hc" uniqKey="Lin H">HC Lin</name></author><author><name sortKey="Peng, Ct" uniqKey="Peng C">CT Peng</name></author><author><name sortKey="Tsai, Ch" uniqKey="Tsai C">CH Tsai</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Peiris, Js" uniqKey="Peiris J">JS Peiris</name></author><author><name sortKey="Chu, Cm" uniqKey="Chu C">CM Chu</name></author><author><name sortKey="Cheng, Vc" uniqKey="Cheng V">VC Cheng</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Sehulster, L" uniqKey="Sehulster L">L Sehulster</name></author><author><name sortKey="Chinn, Ry" uniqKey="Chinn R">RY Chinn</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Emery, S" uniqKey="Emery S">S Emery</name></author><author><name sortKey="Erdman, D" uniqKey="Erdman D">D Erdman</name></author><author><name sortKey="Meyer, R" uniqKey="Meyer R">R Meyer</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Ksiazek, Tg" uniqKey="Ksiazek T">TG Ksiazek</name></author><author><name sortKey="Erdman, D" uniqKey="Erdman D">D Erdman</name></author><author><name sortKey="Goldsmith, Cs" uniqKey="Goldsmith C">CS Goldsmith</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Sizun, J" uniqKey="Sizun J">J Sizun</name></author><author><name sortKey="Yu, Mw" uniqKey="Yu M">MW Yu</name></author><author><name sortKey="Talbot, Pj" uniqKey="Talbot P">PJ Talbot</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Ijaz, Mk" uniqKey="Ijaz M">MK Ijaz</name></author><author><name sortKey="Brunner, Ah" uniqKey="Brunner A">AH Brunner</name></author><author><name sortKey="Sattar, Sa" uniqKey="Sattar S">SA Sattar</name></author><author><name sortKey="Nair, Rc" uniqKey="Nair R">RC Nair</name></author><author><name sortKey="Johnson Lussenburg, Cm" uniqKey="Johnson Lussenburg C">CM Johnson-Lussenburg</name></author></analytic></biblStruct><biblStruct><analytic><author><name sortKey="Seto, Wh" uniqKey="Seto W">WH Seto</name></author><author><name sortKey="Tsang, D" uniqKey="Tsang D">D Tsang</name></author><author><name sortKey="Yung, Rw" uniqKey="Yung R">RW Yung</name></author></analytic></biblStruct></listBibl></div1></back></TEI><pmc article-type="research-article"><pmc-dir>properties open_access</pmc-dir>
<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Clin Infect Dis</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Clin. Infect. Dis</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="hwp">cid</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cid</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1058-4838</issn><issn pub-type="epub">1537-6591</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The University of Chicago Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">15356778</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">7107915</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1086/422652</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Major Articles</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus on Hospital Surfaces</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dowell</surname><given-names>Scott F.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"></xref><pmc-comment>scottd@tuc.or.th </pmc-comment>
</contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Simmerman</surname><given-names>James M.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Erdman</surname><given-names>Dean D.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wu</surname><given-names>Jiunn-Shyan Julian</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">4</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chaovavanich</surname><given-names>Achara</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">3</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Javadi</surname><given-names>Massoud</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Yang</surname><given-names>Jyh-Yuan</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">4</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Anderson</surname><given-names>Larry J.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Tong</surname><given-names>Suxiang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ho</surname><given-names>Mei Shang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">5</xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">6</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><label>1</label><institution>International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</institution>,<addr-line>Atlanta, Georgia</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff2"><label>2</label><institution>Ministry of Public Health</institution>,<addr-line>Nonthaburi, Thailand</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff3"><label>3</label><institution>Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</institution>,<addr-line>Atlanta, Georgia</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff4"><label>4</label><institution>Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health</institution>,<addr-line>Nonthaburi, Thailand</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff5"><label>5</label><institution>Centers for Disease Control, Academia Sinica</institution>,<addr-line>Taipei, Taiwan</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff6"><label>6</label><institution>Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica</institution>,<addr-line>Taipei, Taiwan</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Scott F. Dowell, International Emerging Infections Program, Dept. of Disease Control, Bldg. 7, Ministry of Public Health, Tivanon Rd., Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand (<email>scottd@tuc.or.th</email>).</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>1</day><month>9</month><year>2004</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2004-09-01"><day>1</day><month>9</month><year>2004</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>1</day><month>9</month><year>2004</year></pub-date><pmc-comment> PMC Release delay is 0 months and 0 days and was based on the
<volume>39</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>652</fpage><lpage>657</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>15</day><month>2</month><year>2004</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>31</day><month>3</month><year>2004</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© 2004 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2004</copyright-year><license><license-p>This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="39-5-652.pdf"></self-uri><abstract><title>Abstract</title><p><bold><italic>Background.</italic></bold> Health care workers continued to contract severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), even after barrier precautions were widely implemented.</p><p><bold><italic>Methods.</italic></bold> We explored the possible contribution of contaminated hospital surfaces to SARS transmission by swabbing surfaces in 2 hospitals and testing the swab samples by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and viral culture.</p><p><bold><italic>Results.</italic></bold> Twenty-six of 94 swab samples tested positive for viral RNA. Swab samples of respiratory secretions from each of the 4 patients examined tested positive by RT-PCR, as were 12 of 43 swabs from patient rooms and 10 of 47 swabs from other parts of the hospital, including the computer mouses at 2 nursing stations and the handrail of the public elevator. Specimens from areas with patients with SARS in the most infectious phase of illness (days 5–15 after onset) were more likely to be RNA positive than were swab specimens from elsewhere (24 of 63 samples vs. 2 of 31 samples; <italic>P</italic> = .001). All cultures showed no growth.</p><p><bold><italic>Conclusions.</italic></bold> Although the viruses identified may have been noninfectious, health care workers should be aware that SARS coronavirus can contaminate environmental surfaces in the hospital, and fomites should be considered to be a possible mode of transmission of SARS.</p></abstract></article-meta></front><floats-group><fig id="tab2" orientation="portrait" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Results of RT-PCR of environmental swab samples obtained on 28 April 2003 from hospital B in Taiwan in which numerous patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were being treated.</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="39-5-652-tbl002"></graphic></fig></floats-group></pmc><affiliations><list><country><li>Géorgie (pays)</li><li>Taïwan</li><li>Thaïlande</li></country></list><tree><country name="Géorgie (pays)"><noRegion><name sortKey="Dowell, Scott F" sort="Dowell, Scott F" uniqKey="Dowell S" first="Scott F." last="Dowell">Scott F. Dowell</name></noRegion><name sortKey="Chaovavanich, Achara" sort="Chaovavanich, Achara" uniqKey="Chaovavanich A" first="Achara" last="Chaovavanich">Achara Chaovavanich</name><name sortKey="Javadi, Massoud" sort="Javadi, Massoud" uniqKey="Javadi M" first="Massoud" last="Javadi">Massoud Javadi</name><name sortKey="Simmerman, James M" sort="Simmerman, James M" uniqKey="Simmerman J" first="James M." last="Simmerman">James M. Simmerman</name></country><country name="Thaïlande"><noRegion><name sortKey="Dowell, Scott F" sort="Dowell, Scott F" uniqKey="Dowell S" first="Scott F." last="Dowell">Scott F. Dowell</name></noRegion><name sortKey="Anderson, Larry J" sort="Anderson, Larry J" uniqKey="Anderson L" first="Larry J." last="Anderson">Larry J. Anderson</name><name sortKey="Erdman, Dean D" sort="Erdman, Dean D" uniqKey="Erdman D" first="Dean D." last="Erdman">Dean D. Erdman</name><name sortKey="Javadi, Massoud" sort="Javadi, Massoud" uniqKey="Javadi M" first="Massoud" last="Javadi">Massoud Javadi</name><name sortKey="Simmerman, James M" sort="Simmerman, James M" uniqKey="Simmerman J" first="James M." last="Simmerman">James M. Simmerman</name><name sortKey="Tong, Suxiang" sort="Tong, Suxiang" uniqKey="Tong S" first="Suxiang" last="Tong">Suxiang Tong</name><name sortKey="Wu, Jiunn Shyan Julian" sort="Wu, Jiunn Shyan Julian" uniqKey="Wu J" first="Jiunn-Shyan Julian" last="Wu">Jiunn-Shyan Julian Wu</name><name sortKey="Yang, Jyh Yuan" sort="Yang, Jyh Yuan" uniqKey="Yang J" first="Jyh-Yuan" last="Yang">Jyh-Yuan Yang</name></country><country name="Taïwan"><noRegion><name sortKey="Ho, Mei Shang" sort="Ho, Mei Shang" uniqKey="Ho M" first="Mei Shang" last="Ho">Mei Shang Ho</name></noRegion><name sortKey="Ho, Mei Shang" sort="Ho, Mei Shang" uniqKey="Ho M" first="Mei Shang" last="Ho">Mei Shang Ho</name></country></tree></affiliations></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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