Emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

2002 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Khan ◽  
A. Sarwari ◽  
R. Hasan ◽  
S. Ghori ◽  
I. Babar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant

First Outbreak of Colonization and Infection With Vancomycin-ResistantEnterococcus faeciumin a Tertiary Care Hospital in Singapore

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 991-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Piotr Chlebicki ◽  
Moi Lin Ling ◽  
Tse Hsien Koh ◽  
Li Yang Hsu ◽  
Ban Hock Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Enterococcus Faecium ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant

We report the first outbreak of vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus faeciumcolonization and infection among inpatients in the hematology ward of an acute tertiary care public hospital in Singapore. Two cases of bacteremia and 4 cases of gastrointestinal carriage were uncovered before implementation of strict infection control measures resulted in control of the outbreak.

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