2457. Data Science for Outbreak Investigation: Identifying Risk Factors, Tracing Contacts, and Eliciting Transmission Pathways in a Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Outbreak

BACKGROUND: In 2018 we experienced a nosocomial outbreak due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in our hospital network. Our goals were to characterize risk factors for VRE acquisition, elicit potential hot spots of transmission, and delineate an optimized approach to tracing contacts. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Zahnd, Stefan, Hossmann, Theus, Atkinson, Andrew, Herbel, Sabine, Salazar-Vizcaya, Luisa, Dahlweid, Michael, Marschall, Jonas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810178/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2135

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810178/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2135

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