Contact tracing for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE): evaluation of the Dutch policy of quintuple screening cultures

Detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) is hampered by low sensitivity of rectal swab cultures. This study aimed to define the number of screening cultures needed to increase sensitivity to detect VRE transmission, and to determine time from presumed exposure to detectable colon...

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Autores principales: Wammes, Linda J., Voor in ’t holt, Anne F., Klaassen, Corné H.W., Vos, Margreet C., Verkaik, Nelianne J., Severin, Juliëtte A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10345005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37351725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04632-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10345005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37351725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04632-7

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