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A Pseudo-Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Renato Satovschi Grinbaum,
Thaís Guimarães,
Elisa Kusano,
Nair Hosino,
Helio Sader and
Rosangela Ferraz Cereda
Renato Satovschi Grinbaum*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Program, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de Sāo Paulo (HSPE), Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Thaís Guimarães
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Program, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de Sāo Paulo (HSPE), Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Elisa Kusano
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de Sāo Paulo (HSPE), Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Nair Hosino
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de Sāo Paulo (HSPE), Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Helio Sader
Affiliation:
Special Clinical Microbiology Laboratory (LEMC), Infectious Diseases Division, Federal University of Sāo Paulo, Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Rosangela Ferraz Cereda
Affiliation:
Special Clinical Microbiology Laboratory (LEMC), Infectious Diseases Division, Federal University of Sāo Paulo, Sāo Paulo, Brazil
*
Rua Pedro de Toledo 1800 15. Andar, 04039-000 Sāo Paulo, SP – Brazil
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Abstract

Five VRE isolates were reported from sterile samples. No infections were diagnosed among the patients, who were on different wards. PFGE showed that all five isolates were clonal. All samples were manipulated by the same worker, but the source could not be found. Contamination was probably related to manipulation of a source specimen in the laboratory.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , June 2003, pp. 461 - 464
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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