A case-control study to detect modifiable risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Authors
Loeb, M Salama, S Armstrong-Evans, M Capretta, G Olde, J
Citation
M. Loeb et al., A case-control study to detect modifiable risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, INFECT CONT, 20(11), 1999, pp. 760-763
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health
Journal title
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0899823X → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
760 - 763
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(199911)20:11<760:ACSTDM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A case-control study was conducted to determine the modifiable risk factors associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization durin g a hospital outbreak. Cephalosporin use was identified as the only indepen dent risk factor (odds ratio, 13.8; 95% confidence interval, 2.5-76.3; P=.0 1). Nursing work-load intensity was not associated with VRE colonization in this study.