| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000290921 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Furtado, Guilherme Henrique Campos1 Martins, Sinaida Teixeira2 Coutinho, Ana Paula Wey, Sergio Barsanti Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo de |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Comite de Epidemiologia Hospitalaria, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Doencas Infecciosas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Season: | Feb |
| Volumen: | 9 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 64-69 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important pathogens causing nosocomial infections, and there is reason for concern about their resistance and great ability to spread in hospital environments, especially intensive-care units (ICU). To determine the prevalence of rectal colonization by VRE, and the risk factors associated with their presence, rectal surveillance swabs were taken from patients under treatment in two intensive-care units (one medical and another both medical and surgical) at São Paulo Hospital, over a two-year period. Thirty-three percent of the 147 patients evaluated had VRE. The only significant variable in the logistic regression was the length of stay in the ICU |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Química |
| Keyword: | Hospitales, Microbiología, Química farmacéutica, Enterococos, Vancomicina, Unidad de cuidados intensivos |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Chemistry, Hospitals, Microbiology, Medicinal chemistry, Enterococci, Vancomycin, Intensive care unit (ICU) |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
