Geneva, Oct. 15 -- International Clinical Trials Registry received information related to the study (DRKS00041897) titled 'Evolution of first VRE-Colonisation as a Predictor of Clinical Outcome' on Oct. 9.
Study Type: observational
Study Design:
Allocation:
Masking:
Control:
Assignment:
Study design purpose: prevention
Primary Sponsor: Krankenhaushygiene und Antimicrobial Stewardship
Condition:
VRE colonization
Intervention:
Group 1: Intervention group: Patients over the age of 18 in whom vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were detected for the first time via a rectal or anal swab
Group 2: Control group: Patients of similar age admitted during the same time period to the same ward who were not colonized with VRE
Recruitment S...