학술논문
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Outbreak, Germany, and Calculation of Outbreak Start.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*ENTEROCOCCUS
*VANCOMYCIN resistance
*VANCOMYCIN
*MEDICAL care costs
*ANTIBACTERIAL agents
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Language
ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
On the basis of a large outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a German university hospital, we estimated costs (≈1 million Euros) that could have been avoided by early detection of the imminent outbreak. For this purpose, we demonstrate an easy-to-use statistical method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]