First outbreak of colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a tertiary care hospital in Singapore.
We report the first outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization and infection among inpatients in the hematology ward of an acute tertiary care public hospital in Singapore. Two cases of bacteremia and 4 cases of gastrointestinal carriage were uncovered before implementation of strict infection control measures resulted in control of the outbreak.
Chlebicki
Maciej Piotr
MP
Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore. pchlebicki@hotmail.com
Ling
Moi Lin
ML
Koh
Tse Hsien
TH
Hsu
Li Yang
LY
Tan
Ban Hock
BH
How
Kue Bien
KB
Sng
Li-Hwei
LH
Wang
Grace Chee Yeng
GC
Kurup
Asok
A
Kang
Mei Ling
ML
Low
Jenny Guek Hong
JG
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance