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Beta-lactam antibiotics and gastrointestinal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Louis B Rice1, Rebecca Hutton-Thomas, Viera Lakticova

  • 1Medical and Research Services, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, The Cleveland Veterans Affairs Research and Education Foundation, and Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. louis.rice@med.va.gov

Summary

Different beta-lactam antibiotics impact vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) colonization risk differently. Antibiotics with high bile concentration and antienterococcal activity, like piperacillin-tazobactam, showed varied effects, while others promoted VRE colonization.

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