The New England Journal of Medicine

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Health Care Facilities

To the Editor: The report by Ostrowsky et al. (May 10 issue) 1 provides evidence that active infection-control interventions can reduce or eliminate the transmission of vancomycin-resistant ...
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An Outbreak of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci in a Hematology–Oncology Unit: Control by Patient Cohorting and Terminal Cleaning of the Environment

Mary Lu Sample , RN, CIC, Denise Gravel , MSc, CIC, Cathy Oxley , ART, CIC, Baldwin Toye , MD, FRCPC, Gary Garber , MD, FRCPC and Karam Ramotar , PhD ABSTRACT We describe the impact of enhanced ...
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High Rate of False-Negative Results of the Rectal Swab Culture Method in Detection of Gastrointestinal Colonization with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The diagnostic accuracy of the rectal swab (RS) culture method in identifying gastrointestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant ...
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Researchers develop potential vaccine against antibiotic-resistant enterococci

Theresa Wagner has studied enterococci and antibiotic resistance for several years. Here she is photographed in connection with another research project on enterococci. Creating new vaccines is one of ...
Nature

Synthesis and biological evaluation of indole core-based derivatives with potent antibacterial activity against resistant bacterial pathogens

Antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens has become a global public health threat associated with grave human and economic loss. This problem, previously characteristic of nosocomial infections, ...