Vre screening: Surveillance data of 5 years

Sever C., Tosun A. I., GÜVEN Ö.

Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.57-58, 2018 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Microbiologica Bulgarica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.57-58
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Enterococci, Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections, VRE
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of the study was to investigate the status of intestinal colonization with VRE in patients admitted to Istanbul Medipol University Hospital in a 5-year period. VRE colonization was determined to be 3.19% in screened rectal swab specimens. The results indicate that there was an increase in 2016, since then VRE isolation rate has been in a decreasing trend.