A survey of fecal samples found enterococcal excretion in 82% of 388 bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus), 92% of 131 woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus), and 75% of 165 badgers (Meles meles).
Mary Lu Sample , RN, CIC, Denise Gravel , MSc, CIC, Cathy Oxley , ART, CIC, Baldwin Toye , MD, FRCPC, Gary Garber , MD, FRCPC and Karam Ramotar , PhD ABSTRACT We describe the impact of enhanced ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical response was noted in 47.6% of patients treated with oral vancomycin therapy for IBD associated with ...
To the Editor: The report by Ostrowsky et al. (May 10 issue) 1 provides evidence that active infection-control interventions can reduce or eliminate the transmission of vancomycin-resistant ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) is among the leading causes of hospital-acquired infections in the United States. An estimated 20,000 people in the U.S. become infected ...
Antibiotic exposure and dirty hands were factors linked to nursing home contamination with the multidrug-resistant bacteria vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, or VRE, a new study finds. The report was ...
To prevent transmission of nosocomial infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Qian Zhou , MD, MHSc, Christine Moore , ART, Sarah Eden , RN, Agnes Tong , MSc, Allison McGeer , MD, FRCPC and Mount Sinai Hospital Infection Control Team Objective. Most nosocomial acquistion of ...