Prevalence and Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 466-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gardiner ◽  
Sheila Murphey ◽  
Elizabeth Ossman ◽  
Donald Jungkind
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Medical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Urine Samples ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Enteral Feedings ◽  
Medical Intensive Care ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Study Unit

AbstractPatients admitted to a medical intensive care unit during 21 days had rectal and urine samples cultured for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). The prevalence rate was 55.3%. Only enteral feedings were associated with acquisition of VRE. One-quarter of VRE transmission resulted from acquisition in the study unit, 35% arrived from other units, and 15% from other hospital.

Management of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Cancer Center

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hend Hanna ◽  
Jan Umphrey ◽  
Jeffrey Tarrand ◽  
Michelle Mendoza ◽  
Issam Raad
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Medical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Medical Intensive Care ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant

AbstractBetween 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.

scholarly journals Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a medical intensive care unit

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. S142
Author(s):  
Min-hui Lien ◽  
Han-yueh Kuo ◽  
Hui-ching Liang ◽  
Mei-laun Huang ◽  
Yu-chun Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Medical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Medical Intensive Care ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant
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