Genotyping and Preemptive Isolation to Control an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium | Zendy

Ellen M. Mascini | Zendy; Annet Troelstra | Zendy; M. Beitsma | Zendy; Hetty E. M. Blok | Zendy; Kees Jalink | Zendy; Titia E. M. Hopmans | Zendy; Ad C. Fluit | Zendy; Ronald J. Hené | Zendy; Rob J. L. Willems | Zendy; J. Verhoef | Zendy; Marc J. M. Bonten | Zendy

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Genotyping and Preemptive Isolation to Control an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

Author(s) -

Ellen M. Mascini,

Annet Troelstra,

M. Beitsma,

Hetty E. M. Blok,

Kees Jalink,

Titia E. M. Hopmans,

Ad C. Fluit,

Ronald J. Hené,

Rob J. L. Willems,

J. Verhoef,

Marc J. M. Bonten

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/500322

Subject(s) - medicine , enterococcus faecium , outbreak , carriage , infection control , isolation (microbiology) , genotyping , enterococcus , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , vancomycin , emergency medicine , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , antibiotics , genotype , staphylococcus aureus , biology , genetics , pathology , gene , bacteria , biochemistry

Control of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) in European hospitals is hampered because of widespread asymptomatic carriage of VRE by healthy Europeans. In 2000, our hospital (The University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) was confronted with a large outbreak of VRE.

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