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Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci among patients on an adult stem cell transplant unit: observations from an active surveillance program.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Nov 2008
Calderwood Michael S, Mauer Andreas, Tolentino Jocelyn, Flores Ernesto, van Besien Koen, Pursell Ken, Weber Stephen G
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OBJECTIVE: To use the findings of an active surveillance program to delineate the unique epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a mixed population of transplant and nontransplant patients hospitalized on a single patient care unit. DESIGN: Surveillance survey and case-control analysis. SETTING: A 19-bed adult bone marrow and stem cell transplant unit at a referral and primary-care center....
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