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Changing dynamics of colonization in nursing facility patients over time: Reduction in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) offset by increase in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) prevalence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

Julia Mantey ,
Lillian Min ,
Marco Cassone ,
Kristen E. Gibson  and
Lona Mody
Julia Mantey
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lillian Min
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Marco Cassone
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kristen E. Gibson
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lona Mody*
Affiliation:
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Author for correspondence: Lona Mody, MD, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 300 N Ingalls Rd, Room 914, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. E-mail: lonamody@umich.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 1069 - 1070
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