First detection of vancomycin resistant enterococcus faecium in Latvia

Dace Rudzite; Arta Balode; Uga Dumpis; Edvins Miklaçevičs

doi:10.2478/v10046-009-0030-9

First detection of vancomycin resistant enterococcus faecium in Latvia

Dace Rudzite, Arta Balode, Uga Dumpis, Edvins Miklaçevičs

Rīga Stradiņš University

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Abstract

Enterococci have become one of the most important nosocomial pathogens in advanced treatment facilities. Though they are not considered as very pathogenic bacteria, their high levels of antimicrobial resistance are the subject of major concern. Particularly epidemiologically important are vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) due to high risk of transmission of vancomycin resistance genes to staphylococci. We describe the first outbreak of VRE in a Latvian multidisciplinary hospital.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	234-236
Number of pages	3
Journal	Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences
Volume	63
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-009-0030-9
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Enterococci
Nosocomial infections
Vancomycin

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3.1 Basic medicine

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1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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First detection of vancomycin resistant enterococcus faecium in Latvia

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