The prevalence of fecal colonization with VRE among residents of long-term-care facilities in Melbourne, Australia.
A point-prevalence survey performed among residents of eight nursing homes in Melbourne, Australia, found a rate of fecal VRE colonization of 3.1% (9/292; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-5.1), all vanB Enterococcusfaecium. This is a higher rate than in the general community (3.1% vs 0.2%). Many residents (16%) had been inpatients in acute-care hospitals in the previous 3 months.
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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Epidemiology, Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin