Infant Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Preceding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge.

Infant Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Preceding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge.

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Mar 01;:

Authors: Clock SA, Jia H, Patel S, Ferng YH, Alba L, Whittier S, DeLaMora P, Tabibi S, Perlman J, Paul D, Zaoutis T, Larson E, Saiman L

Abstract
Rates of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and/or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were determined for 1320 infants within 7 days of neonatal intensive care unit discharge. Overall, 4% and 1% of the infants were colonized with MRSA or VRE, respectively. Predictors identified in fixed-effects models were surgery during hospitalization (for MRSA colonization) and prolonged antimicrobial treatment (for VRE colonization).

PMID: 28339914 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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