Reality Check: Should We Try to Detect and Isolate Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Patients?
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 22 (2), 116-119
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501874
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance, including vancomycin resistance in enterococci (VRE), is a growing problem in healthcare facilities. This “Reality Check” session focused on the question of whether we should try to detect and isolate patients colonized or infected with VRE.Keywords
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