title: Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in prenatal screening cultures.
abstract: Recommendations for the perinatal treatment of women colonized with Streptococcus agalactiae include vancomycin prophylaxis for those with severe penicillin allergies and antibiotic-resistant organisms. Because of potential postpartum infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and the possible spread of vancomycin resistance, the prevalence of VRE in prenatal screening cultures was determined.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology-Immunology Laboratories, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Sonia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mangum
authors.forename: Anastassia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doutova
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gilligan
mesh_terms: D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics