Transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 566-567

  Golan, Yoav ^a   Doron, Shira ^a   Sullivan, Bernadette ^a   Snydman, David R ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Cohorting; Environment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAREGIVER; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NURSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 20544433705     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000164762.03930.0a     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Nosocomial enterococci resistant to vancomycin: United States, 1989-1993. MMWR. 1993;42:597-599.