Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hospital: A five-year experience in a Taiwanese teaching hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Wang, J T ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Chang, S C ^a   Chen, M L ^a   Pan, H J ^a   Chang, Y Y ^a   Sun, C C ^a   Wang, L H ^a   Wang, S H ^a   Lin, H C ^a   Chien, S F ^a   Tseng, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infection control; Vancomycin resistant enterococci; VRE

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 4844225912     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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