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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 18(11): 771-3, 1997 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9397374
RESUMO
Clonal spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium among seven patients on one ward of a community teaching hospital was identified by contour-clamped homogeneous electric-field gel electrophoresis. Environmental cultures isolated the same strain from the handle of a shared electronic ear-probe thermometer. Cross-contamination of the clonal strain between two geographically separate units on this ward, sharing equipment but not personnel, suggests the possibility of an environmental source.