Targeted surveillance to identify children colonized with vancomycinresistant enterococcus in the pediatric intensive care unit

Aaron M. Milstone; Lisa L. Maragakis; Karen C. Carroll; Trish M Perl

doi:10.1086/649221

Targeted surveillance to identify children colonized with vancomycinresistant enterococcus in the pediatric intensive care unit

Aaron M. Milstone, Lisa L. Maragakis, Karen C. Carroll, Trish M Perl

School of Medicine

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Performing admission surveillance cultures is a resource-intensive strategy to identify asymptomatic patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization. We measured VRE prevalence among children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. Targeted surveillance captured 94% of VRE-colonized children and may be an effective strategy to identify VRE carriers and facilitate pediatric infection prevention strategies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-98
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/649221
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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