Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Outbreak, Germany, and Calculation of Outbreak Start

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sagel, Ulrich ; Schulte, Berit ; Heeg, Peter ; Borgmann, Stefan
• Description:
  On the basis of a large outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a German university hospital, we estimated costs ( approximately 1 million Euros) that could have been avoided by early detection of the imminent outbreak. For this purpose, we demonstrate an easy-to-use statistical method.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Enterococcus Faecium Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospitals, University Humans Models, Biological Poisson Distribution Time Factors Vancomycin Resistance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(2):317-319.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b9fb707988a7a4d21be4e21560ed1ed0b29fa891087e358002fb14d9539852a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16902/cdc_16902_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 312.74 KB ]