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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Canada: Results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 1999–2005

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marianna Ofner-Agostini ,
B. Lynn Johnston ,
Andrew E. Simor ,
John Embil ,
Anne Matlow ,
Michael Mulvey ,
Debbie Ormiston ,
John Conly  and
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Marianna Ofner-Agostini
Affiliation:
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
B. Lynn Johnston*
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Andrew E. Simor
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Embil
Affiliation:
Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Anne Matlow
Affiliation:
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Mulvey
Affiliation:
National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
John Conly
Affiliation:
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Room 5014, Dickson Building, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada (ljohnsto@dal.ca)
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Abstract

Surveillance for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in sentinel Canadian hospitals has been conducted since 1999. From 1999 to 2005, the rate of VRE detection increased from 0.37 to 1.32 cases per 1,000 patients admitted, and the rate of VRE infection increased from 0.02 to 0.05 cases per 1,000 patients admitted. Thirty-three percent of all patients with VRE detected that were reported during 1999-2005 were identified in 2005, with increases seen in all regions of Canada. Although the incidence rate of VRE carriage in Canada is increasing, it remains very low.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 271 - 274
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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