Nosocomial outbreak of vanD-carrying vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Oct;39(10):1266-1268. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.174. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Authors

Philip W Lam¹, Robert A Kozak², Alireza Eshaghi³, Melisa Avaness⁴, Natasha Salt⁴, Samir N Patel², Andrew E Simor¹, Jerome A Leis¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Medicine,University of Toronto,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
² 2Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology,University of Toronto,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
³ 3Public Health Ontario,Public Health Ontario Laboratory,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
⁴ 4Infection Prevention and Control,Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.

PMID: 30111383
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.174

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Cross Infection / transmission
Disease Outbreaks*
Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Ontario
Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins