Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Control

Authors

Seema Joshi, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Anita B. Shallal, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Marcus J. Zervos, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Joshi S, Shallal A, and Zervos M. Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Epidemiology, Infection Prevention, and Control. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2021; 35(4):953-968.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2021

Publication Title

Infectious disease clinics of North America

Abstract

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) is a pathogen of growing concern due to increasing development of antibiotic resistance, increasing length of hospitalizations and excess mortality. The utility of some infection control practices are debatable, as newer developments in infection prevention strategies continued to be discovered. This article summarizes the significance of VRE and VRE transmission, along with highlighting key changes in infection control practices within the past 5 years.

PubMed ID

34752227

Volume

35

Issue

4

First Page

953

Last Page

968