Clearance of infant vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium carriage after a neonatal inpatient outbreak

A follow-up cohort study was undertaken to document clearance of fecal vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium carriage in 19 infants colonized during a hospital outbreak. By the conclusion of the 14-month study period, all participants had returned terminal negative fecal specimens, supporting th...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2016-10, Vol.44 (10), p.1172-1173
Main Authors: Lister, David M., MBBS, MPH, Tan, Kenneth, PhD, FRACP, Carse, Elizabeth, FRACP, Stuart, Rhonda L., PhD, FRACP
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial infections
Cohort Studies
Colonization
Disease Outbreaks
Drug resistance
Enterococcus faecium - drug effects
Enterococcus faecium - isolation & purification
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Feces - microbiology
Follow-Up Studies
Gram-positive bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Inpatients
Multi-resistant organisms
Neonates
Nosocomial infections
Vancomycin - therapeutic use
Vancomycin Resistance
Victoria - epidemiology
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Summary:A follow-up cohort study was undertaken to document clearance of fecal vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium carriage in 19 infants colonized during a hospital outbreak. By the conclusion of the 14-month study period, all participants had returned terminal negative fecal specimens, supporting the hypothesis that carriage is transient in this population.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.032