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Impact of infection by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus on survival and resource utilization for patients with
Peter B Bach1, Sharp F Malak, Joseph Jurcic
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|August 21, 2002
Abstract:
We estimated the impact of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infection on the outcomes of patients with leukemia in a case-control study. Compared with their matched controls (n = 45), cases (n = 23) had 22% greater total charges and shorter survival (P = .04). These findings substantiate the need for aggressive interventions to prevent VRE transmission.