Journal article
Risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Melbourne hospital
CR MacIntyre, M Empson, C Boardman, D Sindhusake, J Lokan, GV Brown
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2001
DOI: 10.1086/501833
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a hospital outbreak. DESIGN: Outbreak investigation and case-control study. SETTING: A referral teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Cases were inpatients colonized (with or without clinical disease) with VRE between July 26 and November 28, 1998; controls were hospitalized patients without VRE. METHODS: Five cases of VRE were identified between July 26 and November 8, 1998, by growth of VRE from various sites. Active case finding by cultures of rectal swabs from patients surveyed in wards was commenced on July 26, after the first isolate of VRE. RESULTS: There were 19 cas..
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