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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| author | C. Rebecca Sherer Bruce M. Sprague Joseph M. Campos Sumathi Nambiar Rachel Temple Billie Short Nalini Singh |
| author_facet | C. Rebecca Sherer Bruce M. Sprague Joseph M. Campos Sumathi Nambiar Rachel Temple Billie Short Nalini Singh |
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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 | doaj.art-b89c6eca885349498d5dce84f09c709b2022-12-22T01:58:08ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-09-011191470147210.3201/eid1109.050148Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive CareC. Rebecca ShererBruce M. SpragueJoseph M. CamposSumathi NambiarRachel TempleBillie ShortNalini SinghRepetitive 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0148_articleVancomycin-resistant enterococciactive surveillanceantimicrobial resistancehealthcare-associated infectionsmultidrug-resistant organismsneonates |
| spellingShingle | C. Rebecca Sherer Bruce M. Sprague Joseph M. Campos Sumathi Nambiar Rachel Temple Billie Short Nalini Singh Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care Emerging Infectious Diseases Vancomycin-resistant enterococci active surveillance antimicrobial resistance healthcare-associated infections multidrug-resistant organisms neonates |
| title | Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care |
| title_full | Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care |
| title_fullStr | Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care |
| title_short | Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care |
| title_sort | characterizing vancomycin resistant enterococci in neonatal intensive care |
| topic | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci active surveillance antimicrobial resistance healthcare-associated infections multidrug-resistant organisms neonates |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/9/05-0148_article |
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