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

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• 作者：David M. Lister ; MBBS ; MPH^a ; Kenneth Tan ; PhD ; FRACP^b ; ^c ; Elizabeth Carse ; FRACP^b ; Rhonda L. Stuart ; PhD ; FRACP^a ; ^c ; ^d ; ^{rhonda.stuart@monashhealth.org" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Neonates ; Colonization ; Multi-resistant organisms
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：44
• 期：10
• 页码：1172-1173
• 全文大小：286 K

文摘

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.