Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Acquisition in a Tertiary Care Hospital: Testing the Roles of Antibiotic Use, Proton Pump Inhibitor Use, and Colonization Pressure.

Rishi ChanderrajJess A MillarTwisha S PatelAndrew F ReadLaraine WasherKeith S KayeRobert J Woods

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

Decreasing PPI use and preventing the inappropriate initiation of antibiotic therapy are modifiable targets to decrease VRE transmission in the hospital.

Keyphrases

healthcare
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
protein protein
biofilm formation
acute care
adverse drug
emergency department
small molecule
stem cells
escherichia coli
mesenchymal stem cells
bone marrow