Real-world experience of how chlorhexidine bathing affects the acquisition and incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a medical intensive care unit with VRE endemicity: a prospective interrupted time-series study

Real-world experience of how chlorhexidine bathing affects the acquisition and incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a medical intensive care unit with VRE endemicity: a prospective interrupted time-series study

Abstract Background Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) often acquire opportunistic infections or are colonized by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), which limits therapeutic options and results in high case-fatality rates. In clinical practice, the beneficial effects of univ...

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Main Authors: Jin Woong Suh, Nam Hee Kim, Min Jung Lee, Seoung Eun Lee, Byung Chul Chun, Chang Kyu Lee, Juneyoung Lee, Jong Hun Kim, Sun Bean Kim, Young Kyung Yoon, Jang Wook Sohn, Min Ja Kim
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
Subjects:
Chlorhexidine gluconate
Baths
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Acquisition
Intensive care unit
Interrupted time-series analysis
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/03cf2bc02ea84ee28758dae26572504f
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