Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Program

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or vancomycin-resistant enterococci, are bacterial strains of the genus Enterococcus that are resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin.

This program provides a review of history, colonization versus infection; intrinsic versus acquired resistance, reservoirs, epidemiology, transmission, disease, isolation precautions, and discharge.