Vancomycin-resistant enterococci among chronic hemodialysis patients: A prospective study of acquisition

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-29

  D'Agata, Erika M C ^a   Green, William K ^a   Schulman, Gerald ^a   Li, Haijing ^a   Tang, Yi Wei ^a   Schaffner, William ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035133026     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317549     Document Type: Article

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