Acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci during scheduled antimicrobial rotation in an intensive care unit

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-157

  Puzniak, L A ^a   Mayfield, J ^b   Leet, T ^a   Kollef, M ^c   Mundy, L M ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035879588     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321807     Document Type: Article

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