id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-016109-vbzy11hc Damjanovic, V. Outbreaks of Infection in the ICU: What’s up at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century? 2011-08-10 .txt text/plain 5492 287 46 We used the same framework as in the second edition of this book; however, outbreaks were not presented separately per ICU type but according to causative organisms, in the following order: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), aerobic Gramnegative bacilli (AGNB), Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp. A paper from Italy published in 2002 reported a unique experience of controlling a MRSA outbreak of 8 months' duration in a medical/surgical AICU in 1998 using enterally administered vancomycin in mechanically ventilated patients [5] . In 2005, a report from Italy described an outbreak of VRE colonisation and infection in an ICU that lasted 16 months (2001-2002) [12] . A report from The Netherlands published in 2001 described an outbreak of infections with a multi-drug-resistant Klebsiella strain [19] associated with contaminated roll boards in operating rooms. ./cache/cord-016109-vbzy11hc.txt ./txt/cord-016109-vbzy11hc.txt