Identification of temporal clusters and risk factors of bacteremia by nosocomial vancomycin-resistant enterococci

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 389-392

  Da Silva, Natal Santos ^a,b   Muniz, Vitor Dantas ^c   Estofolete, Cássia Fernanda ^c,d   Furtado, Guilherme Henrique Campos ^e   Rubio, Fernando Gongora ^c  

^a Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School   (Brazil)

^b Medical Sciences Department Medical College Union of Colleges of the Great Lakes   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASE   (Brazil)

^d Cardiovascular Disease Institute of São José Do Rio Preto   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Cohort study; Resistance profile; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS INFECTION; WARD;

ANTIBIOTIC; COHORT STUDY; RESISTANCE PROFILE; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897413063     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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