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Nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) ST796, Switzerland, 2017 to 2020
A large clonal outbreak caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) affected the Bern University Hospital group from the end of December 2017 until July 2020. We describe the characteristics of the outbreak and the bundle of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures implemented....
Autores principales: | Piezzi, Vanja, Wassilew, Nasstasja, Atkinson, Andrew, D'Incau, Stéphanie, Kaspar, Tanja, Seth-Smith, Helena MB, Casanova, Carlo, Bittel, Pascal, Jent, Philipp, Sommerstein, Rami, Buetti, Niccolò, Marschall, Jonas |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695463 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.48.2200285 |
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