Risk factors for vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection and mortality in colonized patients on intensive care unit admission

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1018-1019

  Kim, Youn Jeong ^a,b   Kim, Sang Il ^a,b   Kim, Yang Ree ^a,b   Lee, Ji Young ^b   Park, Yeon Joon ^a   Kang, Moon Won ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Surveillance; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANAL CANAL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84870420953     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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