Undetected vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus stool colonization in a Veterans Affairs Hospital using a Clostridium difficile-focused surveillance strategy

Amy J Ray; Claudia K Hoyen; Sarbani M Das; Elizabeth C Eckstein; Curtis J Donskey

doi:10.1086/502090

Undetected vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus stool colonization in a Veterans Affairs Hospital using a Clostridium difficile-focused surveillance strategy

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Aug;23(8):474-7. doi: 10.1086/502090.

Authors

Amy J Ray¹, Claudia K Hoyen, Sarbani M Das, Elizabeth C Eckstein, Curtis J Donskey

Affiliation

¹ University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 12186217
DOI: 10.1086/502090

Abstract

We examined the point prevalence of undetected vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) stool colonization in an institution that screens stool samples submitted for Clostridium difficile testing. Of 112 patients not known to be colonized, 10 (9%) had rectal VRE colonization. A prospective algorithm was effective for identification of colonized patients.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Clostridioides difficile
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Enterococcus*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / prevention & control
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / prevention & control*
Humans
Mass Screening / methods*
Ohio / epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity