Manipulation of a Hospital Antimicrobial Formulary to Control an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Identification of Enterococcus species isolated from human infections by a conventional test scheme

1989 • 818 citations

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

1995 • 654 citations

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia: Risk Factors for Infection

1995 • 520 citations

Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium with transferable vanB class vancomycin resistance

1994 • 516 citations

Hospital-acquired Infection with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Transmitted by Electronic Thermometers

1992 • 515 citations

Enterococci Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Agents, Including Vancomycin: Establishment of Endemicity in a University Medical Center

1995 • 514 citations

Nosocomial Outbreak Due to Enterococcus faecium Highly Resistant to Vancomycin, Penicillin, and Gentamicin

1993 • 446 citations

Outbreak of vancomycin-, ampicillin-, and aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in an adult oncology unit

1994 • 332 citations

A Cluster of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in an Intensive Care Unit

1992 • 261 citations

Decrease in Nosocomial Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea by Restricting Clindamycin Use

1994 • 239 citations

Epidemiologic analysis and genotypic characterization of a nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1993 • 235 citations

Faecal carriage and nosocomial spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 203 citations

Stool Carriage, Clinical Isolation, and Mortality During an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Hospitalized Medical and/or Surgical Patients

1995 • 175 citations

Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and outcome of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.

1994 • 141 citations

The challenge of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: A clinical and epidemiologic study

1995 • 108 citations

Evidence for the genetic unrelatedness of nosocomial vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains in a pediatric hospital

1991 • 106 citations

Experience with a hospital-wide outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1996 • 96 citations

Comparison of five selective media for identifying fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1996 • 68 citations

A Case-Control Study of Nosocomial Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcal Infection and Colonization at a University Hospital

1993 • 19 citations