Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening

Autor: Huang, SS, Rifas-Shiman, SL, Pottinger, JM, Herwaldt, LA, Zembower, TB, Noskin, GA, Cosgrove, SE, Perl, TM, Curtis, AB, Tokars, JL, Diekema, DJ, Jernigan, JA, Hinrichsen, VL, Yokoe, DS, Platt, R

Publikováno v: Huang, SS; Rifas-Shiman, SL; Pottinger, JM; Herwaldt, LA; Zembower, TB; Noskin, GA; et al.(2007). Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 195(3), 339-346. doi: 10.1086/510624. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4hj9t6fc

Background. As infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) increases in hospitals, knowledge about VRE reservoirs and improved accuracy of epidemiologic measures are needed. Many assessments underestimate incidence by including prevalent ca

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