Neonatal sepsis due to glycopeptide resistant Enterococcus faecium from colonized maternal gut- rare case evidence

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections in the neonatal ICU are growing global problems. We report a case of neonatal septicemia by multidrug-resistant vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), the source of infection being the mother’s gut. CASE PRESENTATION: A newborn male...

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Autores principales: Subramanya, Supram Hosuru, Amberpet, Rajesh, Chaudhary, Dinesh, Nayak, Niranjan, Padukone, Shashiraja, Bairy, Indira, Gokhale, Shishir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0490-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774945
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0490-x

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