Colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in chronic hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-257

  Roghmann, Mary Claire ^a,b   Fink, Jeffrey C ^a   Polish, Louis ^a   Maker, Towanda ^a   Brewrink, Jeanine ^a   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a   Light, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug effects; Drug resistance; Enterococcus; Epidemiological methods; Hemodialysis patients; Microbial; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031903319     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.1998.v32.pm9708609     Document Type: Article

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