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Cross-Transmission Rates of Enterococcal Isolates among Newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

by
Henning Böhme
1,
Chitra Königsmark
2,
Ingo Klare
3,
Melanie Zischka
3 and
Guido Werner
3,*
1
Children`s Hospital
2
Centre for Laboratory Diagnostics, Harz-Klinikum Wernigerode-Blankenburg GmbH
3
Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pediatr. Rep. 2012, 4(1), e15; https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e15
Submission received: 19 August 2011 / Revised: 1 February 2012 / Accepted: 2 February 2012 / Published: 26 March 2012

Abstract

Enterococci 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.
Keywords: enterococcus; PFGE; nosocomial spread enterococcus; PFGE; nosocomial spread

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Böhme, H.; Königsmark, C.; Klare, I.; Zischka, M.; Werner, G. Cross-Transmission Rates of Enterococcal Isolates among Newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatr. Rep. 2012, 4, e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e15

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Böhme H, Königsmark C, Klare I, Zischka M, Werner G. Cross-Transmission Rates of Enterococcal Isolates among Newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Reports. 2012; 4(1):e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e15

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Böhme, Henning, Chitra Königsmark, Ingo Klare, Melanie Zischka, and Guido Werner. 2012. "Cross-Transmission Rates of Enterococcal Isolates among Newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" Pediatric Reports 4, no. 1: e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e15

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Böhme, H., Königsmark, C., Klare, I., Zischka, M., & Werner, G. (2012). Cross-Transmission Rates of Enterococcal Isolates among Newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Reports, 4(1), e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e15

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