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A Comparison of Environmental Contamination by Patients Infected or Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Multicenter Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Lauren P. Knelson ,
David A. Williams ,
Maria F. Gergen ,
William A. Rutala ,
David J. Weber ,
Daniel J. Sexton ,
Deverick J. Anderson  and
on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program
Lauren P. Knelson*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
David A. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Maria F. Gergen
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Daniel J. Sexton
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Deverick J. Anderson
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
*
330 Trent Drive, 176 Hanes House, Durham, NC 27710 (lauren.knelson@duke.edu).
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A total of 1,023 environmental surfaces were sampled from 45 rooms with patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) before terminal room cleaning. Colonized patients had higher median total target colony-forming units (CFU) of MRSA or VRE than did infected patients (median, 25 CFU [interquartile range, 0–106 CFU] vs 0 CFU [interquartile range, 0–29 CFU]; P = .033).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(7):872–875

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 7 , July 2014 , pp. 872 - 875
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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