Third-Generation Cephalosporins and Vancomycin as Risk Factors for Postoperative Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection
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Third-generation cephalosporins and vancomycin as risk factors for postoperative vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection.
OBJECTIVE To examine use of third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs) alone and in association with vancomycin hydrochloride as a risk factor for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) infection in surgical patients. DESIGN Case-control retrospective study analyzing antibiotic use in the 30 days preceding culture of VRE or vancomycin-sensitive enterococcus from an infected site. SETTING A lar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.12.1343