Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: risk related to the use of intravenous vancomycin in a university hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Nov;19(11):821-3. doi: 10.1086/647736.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / transmission*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Enterococcus / drug effects
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • North Carolina / epidemiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk
  • Risk Factors
  • Vancomycin / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin