Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To define the clinical characteristics of patients infected with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and the outcome of the infections without the availability of effective antimicrobial therapy. METHODS: Charts of 28 patients with VRE infections were reviewed for demographics, clinical findings at the time of isolation of VRE, underlying medical problems, surgical procedures, invasive devices, treatment with antimicrobial agents, microbiological data, and patients' responses and outcomes. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | K K Lai |
Journal | Archives of internal medicine
(Arch Intern Med)
1996 Dec 9-23
Vol. 156
Issue 22
Pg. 2579-84
ISSN: 0003-9926 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8951301
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Virginiamycin
- Vancomycin
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Topics |
- Abdominal Abscess
(drug therapy)
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(pharmacology, therapeutic use)
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Drug Therapy, Combination
(therapeutic use)
- Enterococcus faecium
(drug effects, isolation & purification)
- Female
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
(drug therapy, microbiology, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peritonitis
(drug therapy)
- Soft Tissue Infections
(drug therapy)
- Surgical Wound Infection
(drug therapy)
- Treatment Outcome
- Urinary Tract Infections
(drug therapy)
- Vancomycin
(pharmacology)
- Virginiamycin
(therapeutic use)
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