Intensified Strategies to Control Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Immunocompromised Patients
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Hematology
- Vol. 86 (2) , 158-162
Abstract
Increasing colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in immunocompromised patients are associated with increased mortality. Despite contact precautions for VRE control,...Keywords
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