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Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit.

M E Rupp1, N Marion, P D Fey, D L Bolam, P C Iwen, C M Overfelt, L Chapman.   

Abstract

An outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium involving 28 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit was observed. Successful control of the outbreak was achieved following use of patient and staff cohorting, contact isolation precautions, patient and environmental surveillance cultures, environmental decontamination, molecular typing, introduction of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant, and decreased use of vancomycin.

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Year:  2001        PMID： 11428442     DOI： 10.1086/501905

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN： 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


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