vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Rapid characterization schemes for surveillance isolates of vancomycin resistant enterococci
... for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and subsequent characterization of the isolates can be extremely burdensome and ...of vancomycin per ml [BEAA]; Remel, Lenexa, ...for ...
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Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in the Intensive Care Units
... a vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) outbreak across three intensive care units (ICUs) of a Korean hospital from September 2006 to January 2007 and the subsequent control ...had ...
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Are clinical laboratories in California accurately reporting vancomycin resistant enterococci?
... for vancomycin resistance among enterococcal clinical isolates was initiated in January 1995 at 35 general acute-care hospitals that use 32 microbiology laboratories to perform antimicrobial susceptibility tests ...
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Vancomycin resistant enterococci colonizing the intestinal tracts of hospitalized patients
... Torres et al. (22) and Jordens et al. (12) have suggested that VRE can be part of the intestinal microflora of patients inside and outside of the hospital. The latter investigators also dem- onstrated ...
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REVIEW ARTICLE Vancomycin resistant Enterococci: A brief review
... of vancomycin-resistant enterococci is alarming because of high mortality ...Being resistant nosocomial infectious agents, vancomycin-resistant enterococci are a serious ...
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Detection of vancomycin resistant enterococci in fecal samples by PCR
... for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are time-consuming and expensive for the laboratory to ...vanB-containing enterococci were recovered by ...
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Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Switzerland: a nation-wide survey
... Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) that can cause healthcare- associated infections and increase both length of stay and in-hospital mortality ...
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The effect of antibiotic use on prevalence of nosocomial vancomycin-resistant enterococci- an ecologic study
... In conclusion, we found a positive correlation between prior-month use of glycopeptides and current use of car- bapenems and the incidence of HA-VRE on ward level when invasive and non-invasive VRE were considered. In ...
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Environmental contamination by vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Swedish broiler production
... Background: Vancomycin resistant enterococci are a frequent cause of nosocomial infections and their presence among farm animals is ...with vancomycin an increase in the proportion of samples ...
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Near Absence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci but High Carriage Rates of Quinolone Resistant Ampicillin Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients and Nonhospitalized Individuals in Sweden
... (vancomycin-resistant enterococci [VRE]) have further emphasized these problems ...of resistant enterococcal strains in hospitals has been described (17, 23, ...of resistant strains of ...
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Detection of various virulence factors in high level aminoglycoside resistance and vancomycin resistant enterococci isolates of uropathogenic Enterococci
... for enterococci usually include Aminopenicillins such as ampicillin for uncomplicated infections, and a combination of an aminopenicillins with gentamicin or streptomycin in severe ...infection vancomycin ...
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Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in Preterm Neonates: A Rising Thunder in Intensive Care Units
... to Vancomycin is another major ...drugs. Vancomycin resistant Enterococci accounted for 11 % which shows almost similar results with Alm El-Din et al (16) ...Moreover, Vancomycin ...
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Molecular Characterization of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci from Hospitalized Patients and Poultry Products in The Netherlands
... Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) pose an emerging health risk, but little is known about the precise epidemiology of the genes coding for vancomycin ...
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Development of a standardized screening method for detection of vancomycin resistant enterococci
... casseliflavus vancomycin detection with multiple lots of BHI agar containing MIC = 2 ,ug/ml was partially responsible for specificity errors 6 ,ug of vancomycin per mla with three of the[r] ...
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Economic burden of nosocomial infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci
... Total hospital costs for cases and controls were provided by the financial control department of the facility. Total hospital costs were separated into hospital costs before and after the onset of the infection. We also ...
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Molecular Analysis of vanHAX Element in Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Isolated from Hospitalized Patients in Tehran
... The vanA gene is the most prevalent gene among isolates causing VRE infections in humans. This gene is part of the transposable Tn1546 element, which was first characterized in 1993 by Arthur et al. [22]. Knowledge of ...
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Prevalence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci colonization and its risk factors in chronic hemodialysis patients in Shiraz, Iran
... Methods: Rectal swabs were obtained from all consenting patients and were streaked on the surface of Cephalexin-aztreonam-arabinose agar (CAA) and incubated at 37°C in air for 24 h. The vancomycin susceptibility ...
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The transmission dynamics of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin resistant enterococci in hospital wards
... A stochastic model of the spread of resistant bacteria in a hospital ward was presented, and simulation experiments showed that the elimination of an endemic resistant strain following w[r] ...
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Identification of vancomycin resistant enterococci clones and inter hospital spread during an outbreak in Taiwan
... Conclusion: VREs are endemic in nephrology wards. MLST 414 is the most predominant strain. The increase VRE prevalence is due to cross-transmission of VRE clones ST 414,78,18 by undetected VRE carriers. Because similar ...
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Genomic Insights to Control the Emergence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
... in enterococci is me- diated predominantly by mobile gene clusters that confer resis- tance to vancomycin and teicoplanin (vanA genotype) or vanco- mycin only (vanB genotype) ...of ...
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