title: Characterizing vancomycin-resistant enterococci in neonatal intensive care.
abstract: Repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting was used to characterize 23 vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal isolates from 2003 to 2004. Five genetically related clusters spanned geographically distinct referring centers. DNA fingerprinting showed infant-to-infant transmission from referring institutions. Thus, community healthcare facilities are a source of vancomycin-nonsusceptible enterococci and should be targeted for increased infection control efforts.
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: C Rebecca
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Sherer
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Sprague
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Sumathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nambiar
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Temple
authors.forename: Billie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Short
authors.forename: Nalini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*