Healthcare-associated risk factors of vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization among outpatients undergoing hemodialysis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Kee, Sae Yoon ^a   Park, Cheong Won ^b   Lee, Ji Eun ^c   Kwon, Young Joo ^d   Pyo, Heui Jung ^d   Kim, Woo Joo ^d   Cheong, Hee Jin ^d  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Howon Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84863061971     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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