Evaluation of risk factors for coinfection or cocolonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 628-630

  Reyes, Katherine ^a   Malik, Rushdah ^c   Moore, Carol ^a   Donabedian, Susan ^a   Perri, Mary ^a   Johnson, Laura ^a   Zervos, Marcus ^a,b  

^a Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; LINEZOLID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CARRIER STATE; CLINDAMYCIN; COMORBIDITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; PLASMIDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 75649129121     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02381-08     Document Type: Article

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