Characterizing Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Neonatal Intensive Care

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sherer, C. Rebecca ; Sprague, Bruce M. ; Campos, Joseph M. ; Nambiar, Sumathi ; Temple, Rachel ; Short, Billie ; Singh, Nalini
• Description:
  Repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting was used to characterize 23 vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal isolates from 2003 to 2004. Five genetically related clusters spanned geographically distinct referring centers. DNA fingerprinting showed infant-to-infant transmission from referring institutions. Thus, community healthcare facilities are a source of vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococci and should be targeted for increased infection control efforts.
• Subjects:
  Enterococcus Humans Infant, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Microbial Sensitivity Tests Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Vancomycin Resistance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1470-1472.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cc49274d0ddb7b20afaef75d6bd71ce0cf4b2afac42e5a2e543a1748d4c89b85
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15843/cdc_15843_DS1.pdf
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