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ArticleJournal of infection prevention2017

Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant

Diego García Martínez de Artola, Beatriz Castro, María José Ramos, Zaida Díaz Cuevas, Sunil Lakhwani, María Lecuona

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Article in Journal of infection prevention, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Vancomycin-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  4. Healthcare-associated infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria in Andalusia, Spain, 2014 to 2021.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023
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  8. Hand hygiene: From research to action.Journal of infection prevention · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Diego García Martínez de ArtolaMicrobiology and Infection Control. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
Beatriz CastroMicrobiology and Infection Control. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
María José RamosMicrobiology and Infection Control. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
Zaida Díaz CuevasMicrobiology and Infection Control. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
Sunil LakhwaniHaematology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
María LecuonaMicrobiology and Infection Control. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
Hospital Universitario de Canarias · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections and outbreaks are still infrequent in Spain. A six-month outbreak, which took place in a haematology ward, its control and management are described in this study. A total of 22 patients were colonised and two bloodstream infections occurred during this period. Even though there were two waves of new colonised patients, a multidisciplinary approach, quick interventions and enhanced infection control policies were required in order to control this outbreak.

Indexed as

Antimicrobial drug resistanceEnterococcushealthcare-associated infectionsvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID28989519
PMCPMC5418901
OpenAlexW2586308899

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