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
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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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author Sherer, C. Rebecca
Sprague, Bruce M.
Campos, Joseph M.
Nambiar, Sumathi
Temple, Rachel
Short, Billie
Singh, Nalini
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33106222012-04-06 Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care Sherer, C. Rebecca Sprague, Bruce M. Campos, Joseph M. Nambiar, Sumathi Temple, Rachel Short, Billie Singh, Nalini Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3310622/ /pubmed/16229786 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.050148 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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