First name
Elaine
Last name
Larson

Title

Infant Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Preceding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge.

Year of Publication

2017

Date Published

2017 Mar 01

ISSN Number

2048-7207

Abstract

<p>Rates of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and/or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were determined for 1320 infants within 7 days of neonatal intensive care unit discharge. Overall, 4% and 1% of the infants were colonized with MRSA or VRE, respectively. Predictors identified in fixed-effects models were surgery during hospitalization (for MRSA colonization) and prolonged antimicrobial treatment (for VRE colonization).</p>

DOI

10.1093/jpids/pix003

Alternate Title

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

PMID

28339914

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