Increasing proportion of vancomycin-resistance among enterococcal bacteraemias in Switzerland: a 6-year nation-wide surveillance, 2013 to 2018.

ConclusionsVancomycin-resistant E. faecium bacteraemias remain infrequent in Switzerland. However, an important increase was observed between 2013 and 2018, highlighting the need for implementing active surveillance and targeted prevention strategies in the country. PMID: 32885778 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Euro Surveill - August 31, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Piezzi V, Gasser M, Atkinson A, Kronenberg A, Vuichard-Gysin D, Harbarth S, Marschall J, Buetti N, Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS), National Centre for Infection Control (Swissnoso) Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research