Prior environmental contamination increases the risk of acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 678-685

  Drees, Marci ^a,b,c   Snydman, David R ^a,b   Schmid, Christopher H ^a   Barefoot, Laurie ^a   Hansjosten, Karen ^a   Vue, Padade M ^b   Cronin, Michael ^a   Nasraway, Stanley A ^a,b   Golan, Yoav ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 39749120490     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527394     Document Type: Article

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