Publications

rapid control of an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a french university hospital.	vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) are emerging in french hospitals. a vre outbreak occurred in our hospital, prompting efforts to eradicate the organism. the following interventions were implemented simultaneously to control the outbreak: (1) creation of a vre control committee; (2) cohorting of vre carriers in a dedicated ward; (3) extensive screening of contact patients; (4) use of a sensitive technique for detecting vre in rectal samples; (5) intervention of a dedicated team to reduce co ...	2007	17719129
long-term control of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium at the scale of a large multihospital institution: a seven-year experience.	repeated outbreaks of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (vre) occurred between 2004 and 2010 in assistance publique--hôpitaux de paris (ap-hp), a 23,000-bed multi-hospital institution. from august 2004 to december 2005, the french guidelines for preventing cross-transmission of multiresistant bacteria were applied. because the number of vre cases continued to increase, an institutional control programme was implemented from january 2006 onwards: it foresees stopping transfer of vre and c ...	2012	22856512