Discontinuation of Reflex Testing of Stool Samples for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Resulted in Increased Prevalence

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Bodily, Mandy ; McMullen, Kathleen M. ; Russo, Anthony J. ; Kittur, Nupur D. ; Hoppe-Bauer, Joan ; Warren, David K.
• Description:
  Discontinuation of reflex testing of stool submitted for Clostridium difficile testing for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) led to an increase in the number of patients with healthcare-associated VRE bacteremia and bacteriuria (0.21 vs 0.36 cases per 1,000 patient-days; P<.01). Cost-benefit analysis showed reflex screening and isolation of VRE reduced hospital costs.
• Subjects:
  Bacteremia Bacteriological Techniques Bacteriuria Cost-Benefit Analysis Cross Infection Enterococcus Feces Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Hospital Costs Humans Length Of Stay Prevalence Vancomycin Resistance

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• Keywords:
  Clostridium Difficile Enterococci Isolation Microbiology Vancomycin
• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 34(8):838-840
• Pubmed ID:
  23838226
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4689131
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 CK000162/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 1U54CK000162/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:90b5b4723940eb0da1f5c4968e915827ecc2cc5ea2dbb63362d7e19c651ebb56
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37026/cdc_37026_DS1.pdf
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