Dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci among haemodialysis patients in Athens, Greece | Zendy

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Dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci among haemodialysis patients in Athens, Greece

Author(s) -

Petros Kalocheretis,

Eleftheria Baimakou,

Sinodi Zerbala,

Joseph Papaparaskevas,

Ioanna Makriniotou,

Panayotis T. Tassios,

Christos Iatrou,

Evangelia Kouskouni,

Loukia Zerva

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh450

Subject(s) - colonization , enterococcus faecium , epidemiology , population , medicine , outbreak , enterococcus , typing , vancomycin resistant enterococci , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , vancomycin , staphylococcus aureus , virology , bacteria , environmental health , genetics

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) may colonize haemodialysis patients, but their epidemiology in this population is not well defined. Within the few last years, VRE strains have emerged and are increasingly isolated in the nosocomial environment in Greece, but colonization of dialysis patients has never been evaluated before. This study sought to determine the epidemiology of VRE colonization within this high-risk population and define the risk factors.

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