Control of a nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium in a paediatric oncology unit: Risk factors for colonisation

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-27

  Nourse, C ^a,b   Murphy, H ^b   Byrne, C ^b   O'Meara, A ^b   Breatnach, F ^b   Kaufmann, M ^c   Clarke, A ^d   Butler, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept Pub Hlth Med and Epidemiol   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Enterococcus faecium; Infection control; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031882158     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050760     Document Type: Article

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