Article
Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. in an Italian general intensive care unit.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2006
Peta M, Carretto E, Barbarini D, Zamperoni A, Carnevale L, Perversi L, Pagani M, Bonora M G, Fontana R, Marone P, Langer M
Abstract excerpt
Following the identification of two clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from intensive care unit (ICU) patients, a surveillance programme detected that six of eight ICU patients were colonised by VRE. Standard epidemic control measures were instituted in the ICU. During a 16-month period, 13 (2.5%) of 509 ICU patients had VRE-positive swabs upon admission, and 43 (8.7%) of 496 VRE-negative...
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