A Case-Control Study to Detect Modifiable Risk Factors for Colonization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 20 (11), 760-763
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501580
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.Keywords
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