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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
卷 38, 期 5, 页码 406-409出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.010
关键词
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci; surveillance cultures; infection control
资金
- Hospital Brigadeiro
- Instituto Adolfo Lutz
To describe the effect of active surveillance to control vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) after an outbreak, 549 surveillance rectal cultures were performed in 308 patients (35% positive). An educational intervention to prevent transmission was implemented. Infection and colonization by VR-Enterococcus faecalis decreased, but Enterococcus faecium persisted despite control measures. Infections by VR-E faecalis fell to zero in 2008. We observed difficulties in controlling colonization with measures directed mainly by surveillance cultures and differences between responses of E faecium and E faecalis.
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