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[Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a nephrology ward].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 30 Dec 2000
van der Steen L F, Bonten M J, van Kregten E, Harssema-Poot J J, Willems R, Gaillard C A
Abstract excerpt
In April 2000, an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) was discovered in an internal medicine/nephrology and dialysis ward of the Eemland Hospital, Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Although enterococci are considered relatively non-virulent, VRE are resistant to almost all commercially available antibiotics. Surveillance cultures were obtained from all patients at the ward, all patients...
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