Article
The changing molecular epidemiology and establishment of endemicity of vancomycin resistance in enterococci at one hospital over a 6-year period.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1999
Kim W J, Weinstein R A, Hayden M K
Abstract excerpt
The contributions of clonal spread, transfer of genetic elements, and introduction of new strains to the establishment of endemicity of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were determined. The study took place at one hospital between 1990, when VRE were first detected, and 1996, when endemicit...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Carbon-Oxygen Ligases
- Chicago
- Cross Infection
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Enterococcus
- Female
- Genotype
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies