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@entity1 @entity167 @entity5125 @entity5870 @entity693 @entity5124 @entity580
Two cases of @entity5124 occurred in a hospital within a two-week period. Both @entity1 were infected with the same organism, @entity5125 , type 1a, bacteriophage type 6 (lysotype 1652). Both @entity1 were born in the same delivery room, 17 hours apart. The index @entity1 became septic shortly after birth and died after 48 hours despite antibiotic therapy. The mother of the index @entity1 was febrile and had @entity5870 . The second @entity1 became ill with @entity693 at 13 days of age. Neither @entity1 nor mothers were attended by the same medical or nursing staff nor were they in the same labor or postpartum areas or nurseries. However, both @entity1 were resuscitated in the same delivery room after birth by means of laryngoscope, suction catheter, and emergency resuscitation (Ambu) bag. Although it was hospital policy to clean and sterilize resuscitation equipment after use, the equipment had only been wiped with @entity167 between @entity1 in this instance, since sterile replacement equipment was not available during the early-morning hours when the index birth occurred. Therefore, we believe the contaminated resuscitation equipment was the source of infection in the second @entity1 . This episode emphasizes the importance of appropriate disinfection of respiratory resuscitation equipment to prevent @entity580 due to @entity5125 , an unusual but important pathogen in neonates.
