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Improving the management of enterococcal bacteraemia and prevention of vancomycin-resistant enterococci transmission in the Australian hospital setting
thesis
posted on 2017-08-07, 00:21 authored by LOO YEE CHEAHThis thesis addressed important knowledge gaps about the management of patients with bloodstream infection due to bacteria called enterococci and prevention of vancomycin-resistant enterococci spread in the Australian hospital setting. The thesis identified factors linked to the development and outcomes (for example, death in hospital, length of stay, hospitalisation costs) of vancomycin-resistant and -susceptible enterococci bloodstream infection. This thesis provided information on the effectiveness of infection control strategies to prevent VRE spread in a cancer ward. Information generated will assist healthcare practitioners to optimise the management of patients with bloodstream infection due to enterococci and prevention of vancomycin-resistant enterococci spread.