title: A case-control study to detect modifiable risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armstrong-Evans
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capretta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olde
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin