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[Epidemiologic increase of various genotypes of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a university hospital].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 30 Dec 2000
Mascini E M, Gigengack-Baars A C, Hené R J, Kamp-Hopmans T E, Weersink A J, Bonten M J
Abstract excerpt
After a report of a possible relationship between an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a nearby hospital and earlier admission of two of the patients with this VRE in the University Medical Centre of Utrecht (UMCU), the Netherlands, an extensive search for VRE carriers was started in the UMCU. In the study period of two months, VRE carriership was diagnosed in 51 patients in nine of the 11...
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