title: [Vancomycin-resistant enterococci . Work Group Hospital Infection Epidemiology].
abstract: Since 1995 patients with infections with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have been reported in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From prevalence studies in the Netherlands at the end of 1995 and the start of 1996, it appeared that 2% of the patients studied in and outside hospitals had VRE. Restrictive antibiotic prescription in human and veterinary medicine is indicated in order to postpone the problem.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Bacteriologie, Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Endtz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Duin
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin