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Effect of Antibiotic Therapy on the Density of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Stool of Colonized Patients

Curtis J. Donskey, Tanvir K. Chowdhry, Michelle T. Hecker, Claudia K. Hoyen, Jennifer Hanrahan, Andrea M. Hujer, Rebecca Hutton‐Thomas, Christopher C. Whalen, Robert A. Bonomo, Louis B. Rice

New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 692 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

For patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in stool, treatment with antianaerobic antibiotics promotes high-density colonization. Limiting the use of such agents in these patients may help decrease the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

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