Evaluation of risk factors for coinfection or cocolonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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  • Katherine Reyes
  • Rushdah Malik
  • Carol Moore
  • Susan Donabedian
  • Mary Perri
  • Laura Johnson
  • Marcus Zervos
چکیده

We retrospectively evaluated 410 patients with coinfection or cocolonization due to vancomycin-resistant (VR) enterococcus (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The prevalence rate was 19.8%. Risk factors included isolation of VR Enterococcus faecalis and use of linezolid or clindamycin. Inc18-like vanA plasmids were found in 7% of VR E. faecalis isolates and none of the VR E. faecium isolates.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 48 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010