Incidence and risk factors of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization in burn unit patients

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-53

  Altoparlak, Ulku ^a   Koca, Ozlem ^a   Ozkurt, Zulal ^a   Akcay, Mufide N ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn wound; Colonization; Risk factors; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY REGIONS; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN UNIT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650520461     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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