Publication: Antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative colonization in infants from a neonatal intensive care unit in Thailand
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2019-10-01
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15322939
01956701
01956701
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Hospital Infection. Vol.103, No.2 (2019), 151-155
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T. Roberts, D. Limmathurotsakul, P. Turner, N. P.J. Day, W. P. Vandepitte, B. S. Cooper Antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative colonization in infants from a neonatal intensive care unit in Thailand. Journal of Hospital Infection. Vol.103, No.2 (2019), 151-155. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.04.004 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/51397
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Antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative colonization in infants from a neonatal intensive care unit in Thailand
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© 2019 The Author(s) Antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized neonates in South and South-East Asia. This study aimed to determine the dynamics of colonization with antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria amongst patients in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Thailand. From 97 enrolled patients, 52% were colonized by an extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) organism at some point during their stay and 64% were colonized by a carbapenem-resistant organism. Rapid acquisition of ESBL-positive and carbapenem-resistant organisms was found. Once colonized with an antibiotic-resistant organism, patients remained colonized for the remainder of their NICU stay.