Rapid curbing of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a Nephrology Department

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1559-1564

  Servais, Aude ^a,b   Mercadal, Lucile ^c,d   Brossier, Florence ^c,d   Venditto, Marcia ^c,d   Issad, Belkacem ^c,d   Isnard Bagnis, Corinne ^c,d   Deray, Gilbert ^c,d   Robert, Jérôme ^c,d  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; PIPERACILLIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 73349097241     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03310509     Document Type: Article

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