Gastrointestinal Carriage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in an Endemic Setting: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

• Egile Nagusiak: Alexandra Vasilakopoulou (Egilea), Polyxeni Karakosta (Egilea), Sophia Vourli (Egilea), Aikaterini Tarpatzi (Egilea), Paraskevi Varda (Egilea), Maria Kostoula (Egilea), Anastasia Antoniadou (Egilea), Spyros Pournaras (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
• Sarrera elektronikoa: Connect to this object online.

Background: Gastrointestinal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CRGN) constitutes a major public health concern as it may be followed by clinical infection development or lead to intra-hospital dissemination. Detection of carriers and...