Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a hematological oncology ward and hygienic preventive measures. A long-term study

Onkologie

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Knoll, Martin ^a   Daeschlein, Georg ^b   Okpara Hofmann, Julia ^a   Klare, Ingo ^c   Wilhelms, Dorothea ^a   Wolf, Hans Heinrich ^a   Borneff Lipp, Marianne ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Care; Enterococcus faecium; Hematologic oncology ward; Nursing; Outbreak; PCR; vanA gene; Vancomycin resistant enterococci; VRE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WARD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GERMANY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GERMANY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 20844434494     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084061     Document Type: Article

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