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Intensified strategies to control vancomycin-resistant enterococci in immunocompromised patients.
International journal of hematology - 1 Aug 2007
Schmidt-Hieber M, Blau I W, Schwartz S, Uharek L, Weist K, Eckmanns T, Jonas D, Rüden H, Thiel E, Brandt C
Abstract excerpt
Increasing colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in immunocompromised patients are associated with increased mortality. Despite contact precautions for VRE control, rapid limitation of its spread is often impossible. We report on a VRE outbreak in a hematologic/on...
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