1. An outbreak of vanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a hospital with endemic vanB VRE 
Angus Hughes, Susan Ballard, Sheena Sullivan, Caroline Marshall 
Infection, Disease & Health 
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages (May 2019)
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2. Figure 1
Timeline of the outbreak: Length of stay on CTS, ICU and other hospital wards for cases and implementation of key infection control measures. CTS-pos and ICU-pos = stay on ward with any positive vanA VREfm isolate; CTS-neg and ICU-neg = stay on ward when negative for vanA VREfm or status not yet known (assumed negative); other_ward = stay on any other ward in hospital excluding ICU and CTS and regardless of vanA VREfm status. Black dots represent vanA VREfm acquisitions detected on discharge screening to other_ward or from hospital. Note. CHG = Chlorhexidine gluconate; CTS = cardiothoracic surgery; ICU = intensive care unit; VRE = vancomycin-resistant enterococci; VREfm = vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
Infection, Disease & Health  , 82-91DOI: ( /j.idh )
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