Predictive utility of swab screening for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in selection of empiric antibiotics for Enterococcus sterile-site infections: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Swab screening for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is used to identify VRE carriers and thus prevent transmission of this organism. We tested whether screening results could have unintended benefits in predicting the vancomycin susceptibility of subsequent Enterococcus infections...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Cyhoeddwyd yn:CMAJ Open
Prif Awduron: Brasg, Ian, Elligsen, Marion, MacFadden, Derek, Daneman, Nick
Fformat: Artigo
Iaith:Inglês
Cyhoeddwyd: Joule Inc. or its licensors 2017
Pynciau:
Research
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621943/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814382
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20170034
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