Hospital acquired vancomycin resistant enterococci in surgical intensive care patients – a prospective longitudinal study

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[2] Schwebke I(2002)An outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hematology-oncology unit: control by patient cohorting and terminal cleaning of the environment Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23 468-45

[3] Kampf G(2018)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in the intensive care unit in a nonoutbreak setting: identification of potential reservoirs and epidemiological associations between patient and environmental VRE Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39 40-47

[4] Sample ML(2017)Genomic analysis of 495 vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium reveals broad dissemination of a vanA plasmid in more than 19 clones from Copenhagen, Denmark J Antimicrob Chemother 72 40-1286

[5] Gravel D(2016)Population structure and acquisition of the Sci Rep 6 1279-333

[6] Oxley C(2017) resistance determinant in German clinical isolates of Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 36 327-965

[7] Toye B(2005) ST192 Clin Infect Dis 41 953-39

[8] Garber G(2016)Linezolid-resistant enterococci in polish hospitals: species, clonality and determinants of linezolid resistance Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Control Infect Dis Clin North Am 30 31-928

[9] Ramotar K(2014)Comparison of mortality associated with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible enterococcal bloodstream infections: a meta-analysis Lancet Infect Dis 14 921-2447

[10] McDermott H(2003)Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Clin Infect Dis 37 2436-97

[1] Kramer A(2006)How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review BMC Infect Dis 6 130-470

[2] Schwebke I(2002)An outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hematology-oncology unit: control by patient cohorting and terminal cleaning of the environment Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 23 468-45

[3] Kampf G(2018)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in the intensive care unit in a nonoutbreak setting: identification of potential reservoirs and epidemiological associations between patient and environmental VRE Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39 40-47

[4] Sample ML(2017)Genomic analysis of 495 vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium reveals broad dissemination of a vanA plasmid in more than 19 clones from Copenhagen, Denmark J Antimicrob Chemother 72 40-1286

[5] Gravel D(2016)Population structure and acquisition of the Sci Rep 6 1279-333

[6] Oxley C(2017) resistance determinant in German clinical isolates of Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 36 327-965

[7] Toye B(2005) ST192 Clin Infect Dis 41 953-39

[8] Garber G(2016)Linezolid-resistant enterococci in polish hospitals: species, clonality and determinants of linezolid resistance Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Control Infect Dis Clin North Am 30 31-928

[9] Ramotar K(2014)Comparison of mortality associated with vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible enterococcal bloodstream infections: a meta-analysis Lancet Infect Dis 14 921-2447

[10] McDermott H(2003)Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Clin Infect Dis 37 2436-97