Prevalence and risk factors of colonisation with vancomycin-resistant Enterococci faecium upon admission to Germany's largest university hospital.

ABSTRACT: Background: Hospital-acquired infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are emerging globally. The aims of our study were to estimate VRE colonisation prevalence in patients upon admission, to determine possible risk factors for VR E. faecium acquisition that already exist in the outpatient setting, and to monitor whether VRE-colonised patients developed a VRE infection during their current hospital stay. Methods: In 2014 and 2015, patients admitted to non-intensive care units were screened for rectal VRE carriage. The study patients filled out a questionnaire on potential risk factors. Analyses were restricted to VR E. faecium carriage. All patients with VRE colonisation were retrospectively monitored for infections with VRE during their current

SUBMITTER: Bui MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894188 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature