Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium on a pediatric oncology ward: Duration of stool shedding and incidence of clinical infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 848-854

  Henning, Kelly J ^a,c   Delencastre, Herminia ^b   Eagan, Janet ^a   Boone, Natalie ^a   Brown, Arthur ^a   Chung, Marilyn ^b   Wollner, Norma ^a   Armstrong, Donald ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; colonization; Enterococcus faecium; infection control; oncology; pediatrics; vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0029845719     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199610000-00004     Document Type: Article

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