ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2019
Surface colonization and subsequent development of infections with multi drug resistant organisms in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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- Patterns of early-life microbial exposure and infection risk in hospital-born neonates in a tertiary hospital setting in Ghana.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Surveillance of bacterial colonization and infection in high-risk neonates admitted to tertiary referral hospital in Indonesia.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Risk factors for neonatal multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infection in a neonatal intensive care unit in South China: a 5-year clinical analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms colonizing neonates at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Perinatal colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing and carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: a hospital-based cohort study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Investigation and Analysis of Infection among Inpatients in a Tertiary Hospital in Shanghai.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of Methicillin-resistantJournal of global infectious diseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study analyzes colonization of the neonates in a NICU and incidence of these colonized infants developing infections due to the colonizers.
methodsOver a 12 month period, samples (surface swabs and rectal swabs) were obtained from all the infants admitted to NICU. The samples were cultured and examined for the presence of colonizers and especially for multi-drug resistant organisms.
resultsFrom the total 533 patients, 473 (89%) neonates acquired colonizers and 60 (11%) did not. Of the 473 (89%) colonized infants, 57 (12%) developed infections of whom 33 (58%) were infected from the same organism as the colonizer and 24 (42%) neonates developed an infection that was different from the colonizer. 416 (88%) infants did not develop any infection inspite of being colonized.
conclusionsThe total numbers of babies contracting infection were more in the colonized group than the non-colonized. Other factors like gestational age and preterm may have played a role in development of infection in addition to colonization in these babies. Screening for the presence of MDRO colonization may be of limited use in predicting infections in the colonized individual. However, knowledge of their presence results in implementation of strict infection control practices. This along with judicious uses of antimicrobials effectively reduces infections from colonized bacteria and more importantly prevent their spread.
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