Outbreak of colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a French university hospital.

An outbreak of infection with vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus faecium occurred at Hotel‐Dieu Hospital (Clermont‐Ferrand, France). A case‐control study was performed in the infectious diseases and hematology units of the hospital. Urinary catheter use (odds ratio [OR], 12 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.5‐90]; \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $P< .02$ \end{document} ), prior exposure to a third‐generation cephalosporin (OR, 22 [95% CI, 3‐152]; \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usep...