Outbreak of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization in a neonatal service

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1061-1065

  Lister, David M ^a   Kotsanas, Despina ^a   Ballard, Susan A ^b   Howden, Benjamin P ^b,c   Carse, Elizabeth ^a   Tan, Kenneth ^a   Scott, Carmel ^a   Gillespie, Elizabeth E ^a   Mahony, Andrew A ^b   Doherty, Richard ^a   Korman, Tony M ^a   Johnson, Paul D R ^b   Stuart, Rhonda L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment cleaning; Infection control; Neonates; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VANB PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STORAGE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; EYE EXAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MANAGED CARE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; REFRIGERATOR; SCREENING TEST; STAFF TRAINING; URINALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 84942982900     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.047     Document Type: Article

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