Long-term carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in patients discharged from hospitals: A 12-year retrospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3374-3379

  Karki, Surendra ^a   Land, Gillian ^b   Aitchison, Stacey ^c   Kennon, Jacqueline ^b   Johnson, Paul D R ^d,e   Ballard, Susan A ^d   Leder, Karin ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Infectious Diseases Unit   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84884773674     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01501-13     Document Type: Article

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