학술논문
Epidemiology of Enterococci in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Source
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Apr 01, 2008 29(4):374-376
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0899-823X
Abstract
We performed an epidemiological investigation of a 62-bed neonatal intensive care unit in response to 2 infants with clinical cultures positive for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Surveillance cultures detected 11 infants colonized with VRE. Surveillance triggered by even a single clinical culture positive for VRE may be justified in the neonatal intensive care unit, because a single culture result may represent a large hidden reservoir of VRE-colonized infants.