VRE: a public health context

Authors

  • Alexandra Geue National Centre for Disease Control

Keywords:

vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), outbreak

Abstract

In recent weeks newspapers around Australia have reported outbreaks of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in five Victorian hospitals.

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References

Bell J, Turnidge J, Coombs G, O'Brien F. Emergence and epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Australia. Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:249-252.

McManus P, Hammond ML, Whicker SD, Primrose JG, Mant A, and Fairall SR. Antibiotic use in the Australian community, 1990-1995. MJA 1997;167:124-127.

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Published

29/10/98

How to Cite

Geue, Alexandra. 1998. “VRE: A Public Health Context”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 22 (October):248. https://ojs.cdi.cdc.gov.au/index.php/cdi/article/view/2196.

Issue

Vol. 22 (1998)

Section

Short report

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