Controlling the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci with contact precautions: time for a randomized trial.
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Veterans' Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA. saint@umich.edu
Atherton
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Lipsky
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McDonald
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Strausbaugh
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D001826:Body Fluids; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016635:Universal Precautions; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance