The Emerging Epidemiology of VRE in Canada: Results of the CNISP Passive Reporting Network, 1994 to 1998

John M Conly; Marianna Ofner-Agostini; Shirley Paton; Lynn Johnston; Michael Mulvey; Amar Kureishi; Lindsay Nicolle; Anne Matlow; the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee; the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

doi:10.1155/2001/424608

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2001)

The Emerging Epidemiology of VRE in Canada: Results of the CNISP Passive Reporting Network, 1994 to 1998

John M Conly,
Marianna Ofner-Agostini,
Shirley Paton,
Lynn Johnston,
Michael Mulvey,
Amar Kureishi,
Lindsay Nicolle,
Anne Matlow,
the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee,
the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Affiliations

John M Conly: University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marianna Ofner-Agostini: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch (formerly the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control), Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Shirley Paton: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch (formerly the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control), Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lynn Johnston: Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Michael Mulvey: National Microbiology Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Amar Kureishi: Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lindsay Nicolle: Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Anne Matlow: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee
the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2001/424608
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. 364 – 370

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To provide a rapid and efficient means of collecting descriptive epidemiological data on occurrences of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) in Canada.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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