Journal article
A Case-Control Study to Detect Modifiable Risk Factors for Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Abstract
A case-control study was conducted to determine the modifiable risk factors associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization during a hospital outbreak. Cephalosporin use was identified as the only independent risk factor (odds ratio, 13.8; 95% confidence interval, 2.5-76.3; P = .01). Nursing work-load intensity was not associated with VRE colonization in this study.
Authors
Loeb M; Salama S; Armstrong-Evans M; Capretta G; Olde J
Journal
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 760–763
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
November 1999
DOI
10.1086/501580
ISSN
0899-823X