First Outbreak of Colonization and Infection With Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcus faeciumin a Tertiary Care Hospital in Singapore-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First Outbreak of Colonization and Infection With Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcus faeciumin a Tertiary Care Hospital in Singapore

Published:2006-09 Issue:9 Volume:27 Page:991-993
ISSN:0899-823X
Container-title:Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

Author:

Chlebicki Maciej Piotr,Ling Moi Lin,Koh Tse Hsien,Hsu Li Yang,Tan Ban Hock,How Kue Bien,Sng Li-Hwei,Wang Grace Chee Yeng,Kurup Asok,Kang Mei Ling,Low Jenny Guek Hong

Abstract

We report the first outbreak of vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus faeciumcolonization and infection among inpatients in the hematology ward of an acute tertiary care public hospital in Singapore. Two cases of bacteremia and 4 cases of gastrointestinal carriage were uncovered before implementation of strict infection control measures resulted in control of the outbreak.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology

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