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标题：Isolation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Queensland, Case 1
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作者：David Paterson ; Anthony Jennings ; Amanda Allen 等
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：1996
卷号：20
期号：19
页码：400-401
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are increasingly being reported from many parts of the world.We describe a case of peritonitis with Enterococcus faecium exhibiting the van A phenotype. Theorganism was resistant to vancomycin, teicoplanin, amoxycillin and high levels of streptomycin.Rectal swabs from more than 25 other patients who were in the hospital at the same time werenegative. No staff members were found to be colonised. Infection control measures were effectivein preventing the spread of the resistant Enterococcus faecium. Regular surveillance of enterococcalisolates and faecal specimens or rectal swabs of patients at high risk may be justified to determinethe level of vancomycin resistance in Australian hospitals