Predictors and outcomes of linezolid-resistant vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: A case-case-control study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hayakawa, Kayoko ^a   Marchaim, Dror ^a   Pogue, Jason M ^b   Ho, Kevin ^a   Parveen, Shakila ^a   Nanjireddy, Priyanka ^a   Sunkara, Bharath ^a   Singla, Manit ^a   Jagadeesh, Kavyashri Kodlipet ^a   Moshos, Judy A ^a   Bommarito, Sarah ^a   Mroue, Rida ^a   Farhat, Mohamad ^a   Obeid, Tarek ^a   Chaudhry, Aaisha ^a   Vadlamudi, Gayathri ^a   Lephart, Paul R ^b   Martin, Emily T ^a   Rybak, Michael J ^a,b   Kaye, Keith S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococci; Gram positive; Hospital acquired infections; Multidrug resistant; VRE

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; DAPTOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LINEZOLID RESISTANT VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; LINEZOLID SUSCEPTIBLE VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84870402641     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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