Publications

clinical and molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium strains during establishment of endemicity.	to characterize the molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (vref) in tennessee, vref isolates that were recovered from patients during a 3-year period at a tertiary care center and throughout the state were typed by means of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients colonized or infected with different strain types were also examined. a total of 34 different strain types were identified. a single vref strain (type o) predomin ...	2001	11462188
community dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium.	in the united states, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) are predominantly acquired in the hospital. the extent of dissemination of vre into the community in the united states has not been examined. our objective was to determine the prevalence of vre among nonhospitalized patients.	2001	11584258