Prevalence and acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a medical intensive care unit.
Patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit during 21 days had rectal and urine samples cultured for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). The prevalence rate was 55.3%. Only enteral feedings were associated with acquisition of VRE. One-quarter of VRE transmission resulted from acquisition in the study unit, 35% arrived from other units, and 15% from other hospitals.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David
D
Gardiner
Sheila
S
Murphey
Elizabeth
E
Ossman
Donald
D
Jungkind
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D016983:Enterococcus; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D015143:Philadelphia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance