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Prevalence and acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a medical intensive care unit
David Gardiner1, Sheila Murphey, Elizabeth Ossman
1Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|August 21, 2002
Abstract:
Patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit during 21 days had rectal and urine samples cultured for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). The prevalence rate was 55.3%. Only enteral feedings were associated with acquisition of VRE. One-quarter of VRE transmission resulted from acquisition in the study unit, 35% arrived from other units, and 15% from other hospitals.