Driving forces of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium and E. faecalis blood-stream infections in children

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Di Pentima, Maria Cecilia ^a   Chan, Shannon ^b   Briody, Carol ^c   Power, Michelle ^c   Hossain, Jobayer ^d,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Christiana Healthcare System   (United States)

^d NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Enterococcus spp; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937522260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-3-29     Document Type: Article

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