Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization in the intensive care unit: Clinical outcomes and attributable costs of hospitalization

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1062-1066

  Jung, Euihan ^a   Byun, Sookjin ^a   Lee, Hojin ^a   Moon, Sang Yi ^a   Lee, Hyuck ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Infection control; Intensive care units; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPENSITY SCORE; RECTUM BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE COST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84908154239     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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