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Epidemiology of Infection and Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Frequency of Cocolonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lacey Benson ,
Bruce Sprague ,
Joseph Campos  and
Nalini Singh
Lacey Benson
Affiliation:
Case Western Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio
Bruce Sprague
Affiliation:
Center for Health Services and Community Research, Children's National Medical Center, Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Joseph Campos
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Pathology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Microbiology-Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Nalini Singh*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
*
Departments of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Global Health, The George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We report the descriptive and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection and colonization and cocolonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children. Interunit and intraunit spread of VRE was detected, and 8 cases of VRE-MRSA cocolonization were identified. Seven of these cases were identified only via active surveillance, because clinical evidence of VRE colonization was absent.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 7 , July 2007 , pp. 880 - 882
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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