Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary hospital: The lack of effect of measures directed mainly by surveillance cultures and differences in response between Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis


Autoria(s): PEREIRA, Graziella H.; MULLER, Patricia R.; ZANELLA, Rosemeire C.; LIMA, Marisa de Jesus Castro; TORCHIO, Dionisio Setaro; LEVIN, Anna S.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

19/10/2012

19/10/2012

2010

Resumo

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.

Hospital Brigadeiro

Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Identificador

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, v.38, n.5, p.406-409, 2010

0196-6553

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/22189

10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.010

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.010

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eng

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MOSBY-ELSEVIER

Relação

American Journal of Infection Control

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restrictedAccess

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Palavras-Chave #Vancomycin-resistant enterococci #surveillance cultures #infection control #Infectious Diseases
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article

original article

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