Prevalence and risk factors of colonisation with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci faecium upon admission to Germany's largest university hospital

• Main Authors: Bui, Minh Trang (Author), Rohde, Anna M. (Author), Schwab, Frank (Author), Märtin, Nayana (Author), Kipnis, Marina (Author), Boldt, Anne-Cathérine (Author), Behnke, Michael (Author), Denkel, Luisa A. (Author), Kola, Axel (Author), Zweigner, Janine (Author), Gastmeier, Petra (Author), Wiese-Posselt, Miriam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Hospital-acquired infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are emerging globally. The aims of our study were to estimate VRE colonisation prevalence in patients upon admission, to determine possible risk factors for VR acquisition that already exist in the outpatient sett...