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outbreak of colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium in a french university hospital.an outbreak of infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium occurred at hotel-dieu hospital (clermont-ferrand, france). a case-control study was performed in the infectious diseases and hematology units of the hospital. urinary catheter use (odds ratio [or], 12 [95% confidence interval {ci}, 1.5-90]; p<.02), prior exposure to a third-generation cephalosporin (or, 22 [95% ci, 3-152]; p=.002), and prior exposure to antianaerobials (or, 11 [95% ci, 1.5-88]; p<.02) were independently pre ...200616941329
successful control of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium outbreak in france.we describe the control of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (vre) outbreak in a 2,000-bed university hospital located on three different sites in clermont-ferrand, france. from january 2004 to april 2007, 220 vre cases were identified. overall, 28 different wards had at least one case. all of the strains expressed a high level of resistance to vancomycin and to teicoplanin carried by the vana gene. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) analysis of the strains revealed ...200818612668
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