National glycopeptide-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia surveillance working group report to the Department of Health - August 2004

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 1-27

  Brown, D F J ^a   Brown, N M ^a   Cookson, B D ^b   Duckworth, G ^b   Farrington, M ^a   French, G L ^c   King, L ^a   Lewis, D ^d   Livermore, D M ^b   Macrae, B ^e   Scott, G M ^f   Williams, D ^g   Woodford, N ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^g GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Enterococcus; Glycopeptide resistance; GRE; Resistance surveillance; VRE

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AVOPARCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DALBAVANCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; ORITAVANCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTISEPSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 31944447448     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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