Prevalence of and risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus among human immunodeficiency virus-positive outpatients [4]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-104

  Achenbach, Chad ^a   Flores, E ^a   Ferrell, P ^a   Pitrak, D ^a   Weber, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33646457853     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499391     Document Type: Letter

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