Determining the clinical significance of co-colonization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the intestinal tracts of patients in intensive care units: a case-control study.

Young Kyung YoonMin Jung LeeYongguk JuSung Eun LeeKyung Sook YangJang Wook SohnMin Ja Kim

Published in: Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials (2019)

Our study indicates that intestinal co-colonization of VRE and MRSA occurs commonly among patients in the ICU with MRSA endemicity, which might be associated with poor clinical outcomes.

Keyphrases

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
staphylococcus aureus
intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
mechanical ventilation
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
patient reported
acute respiratory distress syndrome