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2012-03-26Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.4081/pr.2012.e15
Cross-transmission rates of enterococcal isolates among newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit
dc.contributor.authorBöhme, Henning
dc.contributor.authorKönigsmark, Chitra
dc.contributor.authorKlare, Ingo
dc.contributor.authorZischka, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorWerner, Guido
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T16:22:40Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T16:22:40Z
dc.date.created2013-04-12
dc.date.issued2012-03-26none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/revRpQXCw3s06/PDF/28NP9QogX4Fc.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/1453
dc.description.abstractEnterococci are important pathogens causing nosocomial infections and patients at risk include also premature babies requiring intensive care treatment. Our aim was to assess occurrence and cross transmission rates of enterococci among neonatal patients of a hospital ward during a two months period. Rectal and skin samples were taken between day one and 60 of infants’ age. Colonization with various potentially pathogenic bacteria was correlated with developing a subsequent infection. Enterococcal isolates were identified by colony morphology. The bacterial species was assessed and antibiotic susceptibilities were determined. A molecular analysis of 20 investigated enterococcal isolates revealed prevalence of commensal strain types; hospitalassociated strain types or multi-resistant variants were absent. Cross transmission of E. faecium and E. faecalis isolates among neonatal patients attending the intensive crare unit at the same time was demonstrable. Introduction of hospital-associated, multi-resistant variants into this special setting has to be avoided to reduce the risk of subsequent infections.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
dc.subjectnosocomialeng
dc.subjectPFGEeng
dc.subjectenterococcuseng
dc.subjectspreadeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleCross-transmission rates of enterococcal isolates among newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10030030
dc.identifier.doi10.4081/pr.2012.e15
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/1378
local.edoc.container-titlePediatric Reports
local.edoc.container-textBöhme, H., Königsmark, C., Klare, I., Zischka, M., Werner, G. Cross-transmission rates of enterococcal isolates among newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit (2012) Pediatric Reports, 4 (1), art. no. e15.
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local.edoc.container-urlhttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/pr/article/view/3296
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local.edoc.container-volume4
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local.edoc.container-year2012

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