Risk factors for prolonged carriage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium among patients in intensive care units: a case-control study | Zendy

Young Kyung Yoon | Zendy; Seung Eun Lee | Zendy; Juneyoung Lee | Zendy; Hak Jun Kim | Zendy; JongYeup Kim | Zendy; Dae Won Park | Zendy; Jang Won Sohn | Zendy; Min Ja Kim | Zendy

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Risk factors for prolonged carriage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium among patients in intensive care units: a case-control study

Author(s) -

Young Kyung Yoon,

Seung Eun Lee,

Juneyoung Lee,

Hak Jun Kim,

JongYeup Kim,

Dae Won Park,

Jang Won Sohn,

Min Ja Kim

Publication year - 2011

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/dkr204

Subject(s) - carriage , medicine , enterococcus faecium , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , vancomycin , odds ratio , intensive care , confidence interval , logistic regression , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , genetics , pathology , bacteria

The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for prolonged carriage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) in intensive care units (ICUs).

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