Controlling outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium among infants caused by an endemic strain in adult inpatients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Pusch, Tobias ^a,b   Kemp, Dale ^a   Trevino, Sylvia ^a   Button, Thomas ^a   Sanchez, Pablo ^b   Gander, Rita ^b   Sreeramoju, Pranavi ^a,b  

^a PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Infection control; Intensive care units; Neonatal; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PULSE OXIMETRY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872012705     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.034     Document Type: Article

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