Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a long-term care facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-160

  Brennen, Carole ^b   Wagener, Marilyn M ^b   Muder, Robert R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031915695     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02532.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Gaynes RP, Weinstein RA, Chamberlin W, Kabins SA. Antibiotic-resistant flora in nursing home patients admitted to the hospital. Arch Intern Med 1985;145:1804-1807.
2. Strassbaugh LJ, Crossley KB, Nurse BA, Thrupp LD. Antimicrobial resistance in long-term-care facilities. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1996;17:129-140.
3. Nicolle LE, Strassbaugh LJ, Garibaldi RA. Infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Clin Microbiol Rev 1996;9:1-17.
4. Terpenning MS, Bradley SF, Wan JY et al. Colonization and infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a long-term care facility. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994;42:1062-1069.
5. Muder RR, Brennen C, Wagener MM et al. Methicillin resistant staphylococcal colonization and infection in a long-term care facility. Ann Intern Med 1991;114:107-112.
6. Bradley SF, Terpenning MS, Ramsey MA et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in a long-term care facility. Ann Intern Med 1991;115:417-422.
7. Rice LB, Willey SH, Papanicolau GA et al. Outbreak of ceftazidime resistance caused by extended-spectrum B-lactamases at a Massachusetts chroniccare facility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1990;34:2193-2199.
8. Shlaes DM, Lehman MH, Currie-McCumber CA et al. Prevalence of colonization with antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in a nursing-home care unit: The importance of cross-colonization as documented by plasmid analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1986;7:538-545.
9. Muder RR, Brennen C, Wagener MM, Goetz AM. Bacteremia in a long-term care facility: A five-year prospective study of 163 consecutive episodes. Clin Infect Dis 1992;14:647-654.
10. Zervos MJ, Terpenning MS, Schaberg DR et al. High-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci. Colonization of nursing home and acute care hospital patients. Arch Intern Med 1987;147:1591-1594.
11. Linden PK, Pasculle AW, Manez R et al. Differences in outcomes for patients with bacteremia due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium or vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium. Clin Infect Dis 1996;22:663-670.
12. Edmond MB, Ober JF, Weinbaum D et al. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia. Risk factors for infection. Clin Infect Dis 1995;20:1126-1133.
13. Montecalvo MA, Horowitz H, Gedris C et al. Outbreak of vancomycin-, ampicillin-, and aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in an adult oncology unit. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1994;38:1363-1367.
14. Handwenger S, Raucher B, Altarac D et al. Nosocomial outbreak due to Enterococcus faecium highly resistant to vancomycin, penicillin, and gentamicin. Clin Infect Dis 1993;16:750-755.
15. Livornese LL, Dias S, Samel C et al. Hospital-acquired infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium transmitted by electronic thermometers. Ann Intern Med 1992;117:112-116.
16. Joshi N, Milfred D, Caputo D. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: A review. Infect Dis Clin Pract 1996;5:528-537.
17. Flournoy DJ. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of bacteria from nursing home residents in Oklahoma. Gerontology 1994;40:53-56.
18. Garner JS, Jarvis WR, Emori TG et al. CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988. Am J Infect Control 1988;16:128-140.
19. Garibaldi RA, Brodine S, Matsumiya S. Infections among patients in nursing homes. Policies, prevalence, and problems. N Engl J Med 1981;305:731-735.
20. Price LE, Sarubbi FA, Rutala WA. Infection control programs in twelve North Carolina extended care facilities. Infect Control 1985;6:437-441.
21. Crossley KB, Irvine P, Kaszar DJ, Loewenson RB. Infection control practices in Minnesota nursing homes. JAMA 1985;254:2918-2921.
22. Jones SR, Parker DF, Leibow ES et al. Appropriate use of antibiotic therapy in long-term care facilities. Am J Med 1987;83:499-502.
23. Katz PR, Beam TR, Brand F, Boyce K. Antibiotic use in the nursing home. Arch Intern Med 1990;150:1465-1468.
24. Warren JH, Palumbo FB, Fitterman L, Speedie SM. Incidence and characteristics of antibiotic use in aged nursing home patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991;39:963-972.