Successful control of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium nosocomial outbreak in a teaching hospital in China

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-571

  Liu, Yingmei ^a,b,c   Cao, Bin ^a,b,c   Gu, Li ^a,b,c   Liu, Kun ^a   Feng, Zhe ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine   (China)

^c Beijing Key Laboratory of Respiratory and Pulmonary Circulation   (China)

Author keywords

Infection control; Mutilocus sequence typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; CATHETER INFECTION; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84864714810     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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