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Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Intensive Care Units

PURPOSE: This study was aimed to describe a vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) outbreak across three intensive care units (ICUs) of a Korean hospital from September 2006 to January 2007 and the subsequent control strategies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We simultaneously implemented multifaceted inter...

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Autores principales:	Yoon, Young Kyung, Sim, Hee Sun, Kim, Jeong Yeon, Park, Dae Won, Sohn, Jang Wook, Roh, Kyung Ho, Lee, Seung Eun, Kim, Min Ja
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Yonsei University College of Medicine 2009
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19881966 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2009.50.5.637

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