Article
Fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitalized patients and those living in the community in The Netherlands.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1997
Endtz H P, van den Braak N, van Belkum A, Kluytmans J A, Koeleman J G, Spanjaard L, Voss A, Weersink A J, Vandenbroucke-Grauls C M, Buiting A G, van Duin A, Verbrugh H A
Abstract excerpt
In order to determine the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in The Netherlands, 624 hospitalized patients from intensive care units or hemato-oncology wards in nine hospitals and 200 patients living in the community were screened for VRE colonization. Enterococci were found in 49% of the hospitalized patients and in 80% of the patients living in the community. Of these strains, 43 and 32%,...
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