The use of antibiotics in food animals selects for bacteria resistant to antibiotics used in
humans, and these might spread via the food to humans and cause human infection, hence …

The rising prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is a matter of concern in
hospital settings across Europe without a distinct geographical pattern. In this scoping …

Oxazolidinones are prominent among the new Gram-positive antimicrobial agents now
becoming available. They were discovered by DuPont Pharmaceuticals in the late 1980s but …

Transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can occur through direct contact
with colonised or infected patients or through indirect contact via the hands of health-care …

Legislation aimed at controlling antimicrobial-resistant pathogens through the use of active
surveillance cultures to screen hospitalized patients has been introduced in at least 2 US …

This review describes the use of vancomycin in neonates over the last three decades. Given
the relation of late-onset neonatal septicaemia to outcome and the increase in coagulase …

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have emerged as significant nosocomial
pathogens. A hospital-wide prevalence study was performed to identify cases with VRE …

Susceptibility to ampicillin, penicillin, vancomycin and teicoplanin, high-level resistance to
aminoglycosides (gentamicin and streptomycin) and β-lactamase production were …

Vancomycin‐resistant enterococci (VRE) have emerged as important nosocomial
pathogens, initially in the USA, but now also in Europe, where hospital outbreaks are being …

Residents of long-term care facilities for the elderly are vulnerable to health care-associated
infections. However, compared to medical institutions, long-term care facilities for the elderly …