Management of an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the medical intensive care unit of a cancer center

被引：28

作者：

Hanna, H ^{[1
]}

Umphrey, J ^{[1
]}

Tarrand, J ^{[1
]}

Mendoza, M ^{[1
]}

Raad, I ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Texas, MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Internal Med Specialties, Sect Infect Control, Houston, TX 77030 USA

来源：

INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2001年 / 22卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1086/501892

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 [公共卫生与预防医学]; 120402 [社会医学与卫生事业管理];

摘要：

Between November 1996 and February 1997, 17 episodes of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection or colonization (9 infections, 8 colonizations), all with the same or a similar genomic DNA pattern, were identified in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) of a tertiary-care cancer hospital. The cases were genotypically traced to a patient who was admitted to the hospital in September 1996 and who, by December 1996, had four different admissions to the MICU. Multifaceted infection control measures, including decontamination of the environment and of nondisposable equipment, halted the nosocomial transmission of VRE in the MICU.

引用

页码：217 / 219

页数：3

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