The epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization in a medical intensive care unit.

Co-infection or co-colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a network of community hospitals.

To the Editor: The isolation of both methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) from individual patients is ominous in light of the documented transfer of the vanA gene encoding vancomycin resistance from VRE to S. aureus. The article by Warren et al. in the February issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology described the epidemiolog...

Nasal and perirectal colonization of vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococci in patients of paediatrics ICU (PICU) of tertiary health care facilities

BACKGROUND Enterococci normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and are also a potential pathogen in causing nosocomial infections. The increase in antibiotic resistance and transfer of antibiotic resistance gene to Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) due to co-colonization has increased its importance in research. The aim of the study was to evaluate local epidemiology of nasal and rectal...

Colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in intensive care unit patients in Cordoba City, Argentina.

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among intensive care unit (ICU) patients in a hospital in Córdoba, Argentina. We collected 235 rectal swab specimens from 147 ICU patients. Resistance to vancomycin was screened with the disk diffusion method, and MICs were determined with the E-test method. Vancomycin-resistant...

Running title: VRE acquisition during antibiotic therapy Title: Acquisition of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus rectal colonization among intensive care unit patients treated with piperacillin/tazobactam versus cefepime- containing antibiotic regimens

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus outbreak in a pediatric intensive care unit: report of successful interventions for control and prevention

The objective of this study is to retrospectively report the results of interventions for controlling a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) outbreak in a tertiary-care pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a University Hospital. After identification of the outbreak, interventions were made at the following levels: patient care, microbiological surveillance, and medical and nursing staff t...