Epidemiology and control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a regional neonatal intensive care unit

BACKGROUND.After the occurrence of two cases of bloodstream infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in our regional neonatal intensive care unit, we studied the epidemiology of VRE and applied extensive infection control measures to the unit to control VRE transmission. METHODS.Infecti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1999-04, Vol.18 (4), p.352-356
Hauptverfasser:	MALIK, RAJESH K, MONTECALVO, MARISA A, REALE, MARIO R, LI, KARL, MAW, MYINT, MUNOZ, JOSE L, GEDRIS, CHERYL, VAN HORN, KEN, CARNEVALE, KEVIN A, LEVI, MICHAEL H, DWECK, HARRY S
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Biological and medical sciences Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - prevention & control Drug Resistance, Microbial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Enterococcus - drug effects Enterococcus - isolation & purification Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - prevention & control Humans Infant, Newborn Infection Control Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Risk Factors Vancomycin - pharmacology
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