Successful control of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium nosocomial outbreak in a teaching hospital in China.
In 2008, a vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak occurred across 2 intensive care units in our hospital. This outbreak prompted us to implement intensified control measures. We describe the molecular epidemiology of the outbreak, as well as the intervention strategies that resulted in successful control of the outbreak.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yingmei
Y
Liu
Bin
B
Cao
Li
L
Gu
Kun
K
Liu
Zhe
Z
Feng
D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005838:Genotype; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance