Infection and colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in an Acute Care Veterans Affairs Medical Center: A 2-year survey

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 558-562

  Goetz, Angella M ^a   Rihs, John D ^a   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a   Muder, Robert R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMOTHERAPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031646969     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ic.1998.v26.a86286     Document Type: Article

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