Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit: Epidemiology, molecular analysis and risk factors

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 857-861

  Iosifidis, Elias ^a   Evdoridou, Ioanna ^a   Agakidou, Eleni ^a   Chochliourou, Elpis ^a   Protonotariou, Efthimia ^b   Karakoula, Konstantina ^b   Stathis, Ioannis ^b   Sofianou, Danai ^b   Drossou Agakidou, Vassiliki ^a   Pournaras, Spyros ^c   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colonization; Glycopeptides; Gram positive cocci; Infection control; Multidrug resistance; Neonates

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DAPTOMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

COLONIZATION; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEONATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84884901694     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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