Open AccessVancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infections on an orthopaedic ward in Ireland
Author(s) -
Patrick M. Finnegan
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.34.02531-en
Subject(s) - vancomycin , enterococcus , medicine , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , gram positive bacterial infections , intensive care medicine , vancomycin resistant enterococci , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , biology , bacteria , genetics
Nine patients on an orthopaedic ward in a hospital in Ireland, were recently found to have been infected or colonised with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus