Environmental survival of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

J Hosp Infect. 2011 Mar;77(3):282-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.008. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Authors

J H T Wagenvoort, E I G B De Brauwer, R J R Penders, R J Willems, J Top, M J Bonten

PMID: 21288596
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ampicillin Resistance
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Enterococcus faecium / classification
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
Enterococcus faecium / genetics
Enterococcus faecium / growth & development*
Environment*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microbial Viability*
Netherlands
Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin