Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospital and community environment.

• Published in: Klinicka mikrobiologie a infekcni lekarstvi Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 47
• Main Authors: Kolár, Milan, Pantůcek, Roman, Vágnerová, Iva, Cekanová, Luboslava, Kesselová, Michaela, Sauer, Pavel, Koukalová, Dagmar, Kolár, Vladislava, Růžiˇková, Milan, Dosar, Jirí
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Czech; English
• Published: Czech Republic 01.04.2005
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Enterococcus; Humans; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Vancomycin Resistance; Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

The presented study aimed at determining the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in rectal swabs taken from both patients in the Teaching Hospital in Olomouc (THO), Czech Republic, and subjects from the community setting of the hospital's catchment area. Between July 1, 2002 an...