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Published on: February 17, 2023
Prevention of possible vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus outbreak caused by infants transferred due to earthquake
Esma Eryilmaz Eren1, Hüsniye Şimşek2, Esma Saatçi3
1Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Kayseri, Turkey; Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Preventing Hospital Infections Doctorate Programme, Institute of Health Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; Infection Control Committee, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri Turkey.
Abstract:
Infection control measures may be disrupted by inter- or intra-hospital transfers after major disasters. We report the possible outbreak and prevention of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. (VRE) strains carried by infants transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit from another unit after the earthquake. Screening cultures (rectal swabs) were obtained from infants during hospitalisation and contact isolation was performed. We analysed the clonal analysis of VRE strains isolated from patients by pulse field gel electrophoresis.
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