Prevention of possible vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus outbreak caused by infants transferred due to earthquake trauma.

Autor: Eryilmaz Eren E; Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Turkey; Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Preventing Hospital Infections Doctorate Programme, Institute of Health Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; Infection Control Committee, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri Turkey. Electronic address: esmaereneryilmaz@gmail.com., Şimşek H; Department of Microbiology Reference Laboratories, General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey., Saatçi E; Department of Medical Microbiology, Kayseri City Education and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey., Özdemir A; Department of Neonatology, University of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Turkey., Şengül G; Infection Control Committee, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri Turkey., Çelik İ; Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of infection control [Am J Infect Control] 2024 Nov 08. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.11.001
Abstrakt: Infection control measures may be disrupted by inter- or intra-hospital transfers after major disasters. We report the possible outbreak and prevention of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. (VRE) strains carried by infants transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit from another unit after the earthquake. Screening cultures (rectal swabs) were obtained from infants during hospitalisation and contact isolation was performed. We analysed the clonal analysis of VRE strains isolated from patients by pulse field gel electrophoresis.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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