Donor-derived vancomycin-resistant enterococci transmission and bloodstream infection after intestinal transplantation
Abstract Background Transplant recipients are at high risk for infections. However, donor-recipient transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remains mostly unaddressed in the protocols of pre-transplant infection and colonization screening. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are MDR...
Main Authors: | Carlos L. Correa-Martínez, Felix Becker, Vera Schwierzeck, Alexander Mellmann, Jens G. Brockmann, Stefanie Kampmeier |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-020-00845-z |
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