Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Clinical relevance of and risk factors for HSV-related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia: results of an outbreak investigation. | Available online http content 11 6 R119 Research Clinical relevance of and risk factors for HSV-related tracheobronchitis or pneumonia results of an outbreak investigation Ilka Engelmann1 Jens Gottlieb2 Astrid Meier3 Dorit Sohr4 Arjang Ruhparwar5 6 Cornelia Henke-Gendo1 Petra Gastmeier3 Tobias Welte2 Thomas Friedrich Schulz1 and Frauke Mattner3 Open Access Institute of Virology Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1 30625 Hannover Germany 2Department of Pneumology Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1 30625 Hannover Germany institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1 30625 Hannover Germany 4Institute of Hygiene and Hospital Epidemiology Charité Hindenburgdamm 27 12203 Berlin Germany 5Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1 30625 Hannover Germany department of Cardiac Surgery University of Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 110 69120 Heidelberg Germany Corresponding author Ilka Engelmann Received 5 Jun 2007 Revisions requested 9 Jul 2007 Revisions received 24 Aug 2007 Accepted 8 Nov 2007 Published 8 Nov 2007 Critical Care 2007 11 R119 doi cc6175 This article is online at http content 11 6 R119 2007 Engelmann et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by 20 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Herpes simplex virus HSV type 1 was identified in respiratory specimens from a cluster of eight patients on a surgical intensive care unit within 8 weeks. Six of these patients suffered from HSV-related tracheobronchitis and one from HSV-related pneumonia only. Our outbreak investigation aimed to determine the clinical .