Hospital acquired vancomycin resistant enterococci in surgical intensive care patients - a prospective longitudinal study.

Stefanie KampmeierAnnelene KossowLarissa Monika ClausenDennis KnaackChristian ErtmerAntje GottschalkHendrik FreiseAlexander Mellmann

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2018)

SICU patients are not at special risk for VRE acquisition. Previous stay on a SICU should therefore not be considered as specific risk factor for VRE colonisation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
emergency department
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus aureus
drug induced
acute care