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. 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e144-e148.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/pix003.

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

Sarah A Clock  1 , Haomiao Jia  2   3 , Sameer Patel  1 , Yu-Hui Ferng  2 , Luis Alba  1 , Susan Whittier  4 , Patricia DeLaMora  5 , Setareh Tabibi  1 , Jeffrey Perlman  5 , David Paul  6 , Theoklis Zaoutis  7 , Elaine Larson  2 , Lisa Saiman  1   8
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Infant Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Preceding Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge

Sarah A Clock et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. .

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).

Keywords: MRSA; VRE; antimicrobial resistance; colonization; risk factors.

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