| Literature DB >> 20007403 |
Katherine Reyes1, Rushdah Malik, Carol Moore, Susan Donabedian, Mary Perri, Laura Johnson, Marcus Zervos.
Abstract
We retrospectively evaluated 410 patients with coinfection or cocolonization due to vancomycin-resistant (VR) enterococcus (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The prevalence rate was 19.8%. Risk factors included isolation of VR Enterococcus faecalis and use of linezolid or clindamycin. Inc18-like vanA plasmids were found in 7% of VR E. faecalis isolates and none of the VR E. faecium isolates.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2009 PMID: 20007403 PMCID: PMC2815608 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02381-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948