Literature DB >> 11379712

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

H Hanna1, J Umphrey, J Tarrand, M Mendoza, I Raad.   

Abstract

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.

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Year:  2001        PMID： 11379712     DOI： 10.1086/501892

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN： 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


  10 in total

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Journal:  Surg Infect (Larchmt)       Date:  2011-09-21       Impact factor: 2.150

2.  Controlling a vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak in a Brazilian teaching hospital.

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Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  2010-10-24       Impact factor: 3.267

3.  2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings.

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Review 4.  Quarantine, isolation, and cohorting: from cholera to Klebsiella.

Authors:  Laura H Rosenberger; Lin M Riccio; Kristin Turza Campbell; Amani D Politano; Robert G Sawyer
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5.  Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization among pediatric oncology patients.

Authors:  Sheila M Nolan; Jeffrey S Gerber; Theoklis Zaoutis; Priya Prasad; Susan Rettig; Kimberly Gross; Karin L McGowan; Anne F Reilly; Susan E Coffin
Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol       Date:  2009-04       Impact factor: 3.254

6.  Linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolated from a cord blood transplant recipient.

Authors:  Imad Dibo; Satish K Pillai; Howard S Gold; Maria R Baer; Meir Wetzler; James L Slack; Peggy A Hazamy; Donna Ball; Chiu Bin Hsiao; Philip L McCarthy; Brahm H Segal
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2004-04       Impact factor: 5.948

Review 7.  How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review.

Authors:  Axel Kramer; Ingeborg Schwebke; Günter Kampf
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2006-08-16       Impact factor: 3.090

8.  Outbreaks caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hematology and oncology departments: A systematic review.

Authors:  Nikos Ulrich; Ralf-Peter Vonberg; Petra Gastmeier
Journal:  Heliyon       Date:  2017-12-28

9.  Beyond the bundle--journey of a tertiary care medical intensive care unit to zero central line-associated bloodstream infections.

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Journal:  Crit Care       Date:  2013-03-04       Impact factor: 9.097

Review 10.  Where is the difference between an epidemic and a high endemic level with respect to nosocomial infection control measures? An analysis based on the example of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hematology and oncology departments.

Authors:  Nikos Ulrich; Petra Gastmeier
Journal:  GMS Hyg Infect Control       Date:  2017-08-28
  10 in total

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