Carriage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in infants following an outbreak in the neonatal intensive care unit: time to clearance of carriage and use of molecular methods to detect colonization. (31st March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schechner, Vered; Lellouche, Jonathan; Stepansky, Sarit; Mandel, Dror; Grisaru-Soen, Galia; Wullfhart, Liat; Schwartz, David; Carmeli, Yehuda
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 44:Number 3(2023)
• Page Start: 497
• Page End: 500
• Publication Date: 2023-03-31
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.524
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: Among 46 infants colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium during an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit, the estimated time until half had achieved clearance was 217 days. All 40 infants who completed follow-up cleared carriage by 1 year. No predictors of prolonged carriage (> 6 months) were identified.