Vancomycin‑resistant enterococci in neonatal stool as a cause of septicemia: Challenges for infection control practices.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2016 Oct-Dec 59(4): 548-550
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ABSTRACT
The increasing reports of vancomycin‑resistant enterococci (VRE) as a cause of neonatal septicemia are of recent interest. However, in majority of the cases, the source of VRE could not be located. As a consequence, the real importance of VRE and its control measures is undermined. Herein, we report a case of neonatal septicemia due to VRE (Enterococcus faecalis) of vanA genotype with VRE carriage in stool of the neonates as a possible source of sepsis. The report put forwards some lacunae in the infection control practices that are presently followed in the country.
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Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2016
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