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Infection-control measures reduce transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in an endemic setting.

Montecalvo MA, Jarvis WR, Uman J, Shay DK, Petrullo C, Rodney K, Gedris C, Horowitz HW, Wormser GP.

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Slaughter S, Hayden MK, Nathan C, Hu TC, Rice T, Van Voorhis J, Matushek M, Franklin C, Weinstein RA.

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Epidemiology and control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a regional neonatal intensive care unit.

Malik RK, Montecalvo MA, Reale MR, Li K, Maw M, Munoz JL, Gedris C, van Horn K, Carnevale KA, Levi MH, Dweck HS.

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Failure to eradicate vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a university hospital and the cost of barrier precautions.

Lai KK, Kelley AL, Melvin ZS, Belliveau PP, Fontecchio SA.

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Nourse C, Murphy H, Byrne C, O'Meara A, Breatnach F, Kaufmann M, Clarke A, Butler K.

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Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization among pediatric oncology patients.

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The effect of vancomycin and third-generation cephalosporins on prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in 126 U.S. adult intensive care units.

Fridkin SK, Edwards JR, Courval JM, Hill H, Tenover FC, Lawton R, Gaynes RP, McGowan JE Jr; Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology (ICARE) Project and the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Hospitals.

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Reducing the spread of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms. Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

Shay DK, Goldmann DA, Jarvis WR.

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A prospective study to determine whether cover gowns in addition to gloves decrease nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in an intensive care unit.

Srinivasan A, Song X, Ross T, Merz W, Brower R, Perl TM.

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Dembry LM, Uzokwe K, Zervos MJ.

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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE): transmission and control.

Tacconelli E, Cataldo MA.

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The incidence of and clinical variables associated with vancomycin-resistant enterococcal colonization in mechanically ventilated patients.

Bhorade SM, Christenson J, Pohlman AS, Arnow PM, Hall JB.

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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive care hospital settings.

Austin DJ, Bonten MJ.

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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive-care hospital settings: transmission dynamics, persistence, and the impact of infection control programs.

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Control of endemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among inpatients at a university hospital.

Calfee DP, Giannetta ET, Durbin LJ, Germanson TP, Farr BM.

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Risk factors for new detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in acute-care hospitals that employ strict infection control procedures.

Padiglione AA, Wolfe R, Grabsch EA, Olden D, Pearson S, Franklin C, Spelman D, Mayall B, Johnson PD, Grayson ML.

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Recommendations for preventing the spread of vancomycin resistance. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) .

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