Effects of antibiotics on nosocomial epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Jun;46(6):1619-28. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.6.1619-1628.2002.

Authors

Stephan Harbarth¹, Sara Cosgrove, Yehuda Carmeli

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. harbarth@post.harvard.edu

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Anti-Infective Agents / adverse effects
Cephalosporins / adverse effects
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Cross Infection / transmission
Drug Utilization
Enterococcus / drug effects*
Fluoroquinolones
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / transmission
Humans
Intestines / microbiology
United States / epidemiology
Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cephalosporins
Fluoroquinolones