Efficacy of periodic surveillance culture in a neonatal intensive care unit in the presumption of causative pathogens of late-onset bacterial infection

摘要

Background: Surveillance cultures have been recommended for infection control of resistant bacteria in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). However, the utility of surveillance cultures in the presumption of causative bacteria in late-onset bacterial infection has been controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the causative pathogens of late-onset bacterial infection and the results of periodic surveillance cultures in a NICU.