A case-control study to detect modifiable risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

M Loeb; S Salama; M Armstrong-Evans; G Capretta; J Olde

doi:10.1086/501580

A case-control study to detect modifiable risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Nov;20(11):760-3. doi: 10.1086/501580.

Authors

M Loeb¹, S Salama, M Armstrong-Evans, G Capretta, J Olde

Affiliation

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 10580629
DOI: 10.1086/501580

Abstract

A case-control study was conducted to determine the modifiable risk factors associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization during a hospital outbreak. Cephalosporin use was identified as the only independent risk factor (odds ratio, 13.8; 95% confidence interval, 2.5-76.3; P = .01). Nursing work-load intensity was not associated with VRE colonization in this study.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Case-Control Studies
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks
Enterococcus / drug effects
Enterococcus / isolation & purification*
Female
Humans
Male
Ontario / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Vancomycin / therapeutic use
Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin