A Comparison of Environmental Contamination by Patients Infected or Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Multicenter Study

Knelson, Lauren P.; Williams, David A.; Gergen, Maria F.; Rutala, William A.; Weber, David J.; Sexton, Daniel J.; Anderson, Deverick J.

doi:10.1086/676861

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A Comparison of Environmental Contamination by Patients Infected or Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Multicenter Study

Published Date:

May 07 2014

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/676861 New Site Icon

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 35(7):872-875.

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Knelson, Lauren P. ; Williams, David A. ; Gergen, Maria F. ; Rutala, William A. ; Weber, David J. ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

24915217

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4219411

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A total of 1,023 environmental surfaces were sampled from 45 rooms with patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) before terminal room cleaning. Colonized patients had higher median total target colony-forming units (CFU) of MRSA or VRE than did infected patients (median, 25 CFU [interquartile range, 0-106 CFU] vs 0 CFU [interquartile range, 0-29 CFU]; P = .033).

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Journal Article

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K23 AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
K23AI095357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
U54CK000164/CK/NCEZID CDC HHS/United States

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