Interplay Between Patient Colonization and Environmental Contamination With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Their Association With Patient Health Outcomes in Postacute Care

BACKGROUND: The clinical utility of patient and environmental surveillance screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in the postacute care setting has not been definitively clarified. We assessed the longitudinal relationship between patient colonization and room contamination, and we est...

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Autores principales: Cassone, Marco, Zhu, Ziwei, Mantey, Julia, Gibson, Kristen E, Perri, Mary B, Zervos, Marcus J, Snitkin, Evan S, Foxman, Betsy, Mody, Lona
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/PMC6976341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz519

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6976341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz519

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