title: A pseudo-outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
abstract: Five VRE isolates were reported from sterile samples. No infections were diagnosed among the patients, who were on different wards. PFGE showed that all five isolates were clonal. All samples were manipulated by the same worker, but the source could not be found. Contamination was probably related to manipulation of a source specimen in the laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Program, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renato Satovschi
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Grinbaum
authors.forename: Thaís
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: Nair
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hosino
authors.forename: Helio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sader
authors.forename: Rosangela Ferraz
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cereda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance