Prevention of possible vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus outbreak caused by infants transferred due to earthquake trauma

Eryilmaz Eren E., Şimşek H., Saatçi E., Özdemir A., Şengül G., Çelik İ.

American Journal of Infection Control, cilt.53, sa.3, ss.397-399, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.11.001
  • Dergi Adı: American Journal of Infection Control
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.397-399
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Infection control, Neonatal intensive care
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.