Reduced Acquisition of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci: Gown Effect or Confounding?

Open Access

15 February 2003

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vol. 36 (4) , 535-536
https://doi.org/10.1086/367645

Abstract

SIR—The evaluation of gown use and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) acquisition by Puzniak et al. [1] is timely and relevant. However, we would like to raise several concerns about the methods used in this study and their impact on the study's findings.

Keywords

GOWN EFFECT
RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI
VRE
SIR
ACQUISITION OF VANCOMYCIN
PUZNIAK

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To Gown or Not to Gown: The Effect on Acquisition of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2002