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ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2017

Reinstatement of Reflex Testing of Stool Samples for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Resulted in Decreased Incidence of Hospital-Associated VRE.

Satish Munigala, Kathleen M McMullen, Anthony J Russo, S Reza Jafarzadeh, Joan Hoppe-Bauer, Carey-Ann D Burnham, David K Warren

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Article in Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Satish Munigala1Division of Infectious Diseases,Washington University in Saint Louis,Missouri.
Kathleen M McMullen2Department of Infection Prevention,Christian Hospital,Saint Louis,Missouri.
Anthony J Russo3Infection Prevention Department,Barnes-Jewish Hospital,Saint Louis,Missouri.
S Reza Jafarzadeh4Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit,Boston University School of Medicine,Boston,Massachusetts.
Joan Hoppe-Bauer5Clinical Microbiology Laboratory,Barnes-Jewish Hospital,Saint Louis,Missouri.
Carey-Ann D Burnham6Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine,Department of Pathology and Immunology,Washington University in Saint Louis,Missouri.
David K Warren1Division of Infectious Diseases,Washington University in Saint Louis,Missouri.

Funding

NCEZID CDC HHS U54 CK000162NCEZID CDC HHS U54 CK000609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Cross InfectionFecesHumansIncidenceMissouriTertiary Care CentersUrineVancomycin ResistanceVancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

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PMID28219459
PMCPMC5412709

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