Vancomycin resistant enterococcus spp (VRE): follow up during 9 years in a tertiary teaching hospital in southern Brazil

Vancomycin resistant enterococcus spp (VRE): follow up during 9 years in a tertiary teaching hospital in southern Brazil

Introduction: Infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp (VRE) has been a worldwide problem since mid 1980's and, in Brazil, since 1996. This study was conducted to evaluate the experience with VRE in our institution. Methods: A prospective cohort study from 2000 to 2009 was conducte...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Sandri, Geórgia Lopes da Silva, Sílvia Pedroso Tavares Soares, Fabiano Ramos, Luciana Ruschel de Alcântara, Larissa Lutz, Afonso Luís Barth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2015-01-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
VRE
outbreak
surveillance.
Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/50891

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