Contact tracing for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE): evaluation of the Dutch policy of quintuple screening cultures
Abstract Detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) is hampered by low sensitivity of rectal swab cultures. This study aimed to define the number of screening cultures needed to increase sensitivity to detect VRE transmission, and to determine time from presumed exposure to detectable colonization. In a tertiary care setting, we retrospectively analyzed data from 9 VRE outbreaks. As a proxy or estimation for time to detectable colonization, the time between first positive culture of the presumed index patient and that of their contacts was determined. Only 64% of secondary ca... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases ; volume 42, issue 8, page 993-999 ; ISSN 0934-9723 1435-4373 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Schlagwörter: | Infectious Diseases / Microbiology (medical) / General Medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26676396 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04632-7 |