Re-institution of Reflex Testing of Stool Samples for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Resulted in Decreased Incidence of Hospital-Associated VRE

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Munigala, Satish ; McMullen, Kathleen M. ; Russo, Anthony J. ; Jafarzadeh, S. Reza ; Hoppe-Bauer, Joan ; Burnham, Carey-Ann D. ; Warren, David K.
• Description:
  Re-institution of reflex testing of stool submitted for | testing for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) reduced the incidence of healthcare-associated VRE bacteremia and bacteriuria compared to when testing was not in place (1.9 versus 3.3 cases per 10,000 patient days when testing was not in use).
• Subjects:
  Cross Infection Feces Humans Incidence Missouri Tertiary Care Centers Urine Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Vancomycin Resistance
• Keywords:
  Bacteremia Bacteriuria Clostridium Difficile Enterococci Microbiology Patient Isolation Vancomycin Resistance
• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 38(5):619-621
• Pubmed ID:
  28219459
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5412709
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 CK000162/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CK000609/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6c69cc1fbb7693c4b89bb95f1dcd92aaf6f2f618bcda04d43a4442cf4a3ee810
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45450/cdc_45450_DS1.pdf
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