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Lack of Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Three Long-Term–Care Facilities

Christina A. Greenaway, Mark A. Miller

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Three patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus were admitted to one or more of three long-term-care facilities. Six point-prevalence surveys revealed no transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus after a total of 234 days of exposure during which moderately strict infection control measures were implemented. Four of 116 environmental cultures were positive.

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Key concepts: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, Enterococcus, Vancomycin, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, Transmission (telecommunications), Infection control, Medicine, Term (time)