ArticleAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2020
A silent outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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- Vancomycin-resistantInfection prevention in practice · 2026Article
- Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance in Neonatal Sepsis: A Narrative Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Genomic sequencing surveillance of patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci improves detection of healthcare-associated transmission.BMC global and public health · 2025Article
- Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus in a NICU: Insights into Molecular Detection and Infection Control.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Bacterial Infections in Intensive Care Units: Epidemiological and Microbiological Aspects.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- New Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis Caused by Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria: A Systematic Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Carriage of vancomycin-resistantInfection control and hospital epidemiology · 2023Article
- Should Perirectal Swab Culture Be Performed in Cases Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit? Lessons Learned from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Frequency and co-colonization of vancomycin-resistantNew microbes and new infections · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the containment of a widespread silent outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE-fm) in the Tel-Aviv Medical Center (TASMC) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
methodsSetting - an NICU, participants - 49 cases of VRE-fm-colonized neonatal inpatients.
resultsA newborn was transferred from the TASMC NICU to another hospital and screened positive for VRE-fm upon arrival. All TASMC NICU patients were then immediately screened for VRE and 21/38 newborns were identified as VRE carriers. Interventional measures were strictly enforced. By the end of the outbreak, 49 cases of VRE carriage had been identified. There were no VRE clinical infections. The source of the outbreak was not identified.
conclusionOur study highlights the importance of screening implementation in a NICU setting since this outbreak could have been prevented by active screening of all out-born transfer patients and by having adopted mandatory screening into the NICU's routine procedures. Screening for multi-drug resistant organisms upon admission of all transferred patients to the NICU has been implemented.
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