Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care

Repetitive sequence–based polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting was used to characterize 23 vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal isolates from 2003 to 2004. Five genetically related clusters spanned geographically distinct referring centers. DNA fingerprinting showed infant-to-infant transmissi...

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Autores principales: Sherer, C. Rebecca, Sprague, Bruce M., Campos, Joseph M., Nambiar, Sumathi, Temple, Rachel, Short, Billie, Singh, Nalini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16229786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.050148
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Sumario:Repetitive sequence–based polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting was used to characterize 23 vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal isolates from 2003 to 2004. Five genetically related clusters spanned geographically distinct referring centers. DNA fingerprinting showed infant-to-infant transmission from referring institutions. Thus, community healthcare facilities are a source of vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococci and should be targeted for increased infection control efforts.

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