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Effectiveness of a multifaceted infection control policy in reducing vancomycin usage and vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a tertiary care cancer centre

Zakir Hussain Shaikh, Cheryl Osting, Hend Hanna, Rebecca Arbuckle, Jennifer Tarr, Issam Raad

Journal of Hospital Infection · 2002 · 29 citations · 20 references

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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988

Julia S. Garner, William R. Jarvis, T.Grace Emori et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 1988 · 5.8K citations

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Comparison of genomic DNAs of different enterococcal isolates using restriction endonucleases with infrequent recognition sites

Barbara E. Murray, Kavindra V. Singh, Joe Don Heath et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 510 citations · Full text

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Enterococci Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Agents, Including Vancomycin: Establishment of Endemicity in a University Medical Center

J. Glenn Morris · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1995 · 498 citations

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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in intensive-care hospital settings: Transmission dynamics, persistence, and the impact of infection control programs

Daren Austin, Marc J. M. Bonten, Robert A. Weinstein et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 388 citations

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Manipulation of a Hospital Antimicrobial Formulary to Control an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

John Quale, David Landman, Guillermo Saurina et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 1996 · 309 citations

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