title: A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study.
abstract: A total of 1,023 environmental surfaces were sampled from 45 rooms with patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) before terminal room cleaning. Colonized patients had higher median total target colony-forming units (CFU) of MRSA or VRE than did infected patients (median, 25 CFU [interquartile range, 0-106 CFU] vs 0 CFU [interquartile range, 0-29 CFU]; P = .033).
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Lauren P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Knelson
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Maria F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gergen
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rutala
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sexton
authors.forename: Deverick J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003428:Cross Infection; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009657:North Carolina; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D065507:Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*