Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in long-term care facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 786-789

  Benenson, Shmuel ^a   Cohen, Matan J ^b   Block, Colin ^a   Stern, Sagit ^c   Weiss, Yuval ^a   Moses, Allon E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Center for Quality and Safety   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 67651095914     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598345     Document Type: Article

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