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. 1998 Nov;169(5):276–279.

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal colonization in nonhospitalized HIV-infected patients.

V K Dhawan 1, R Nachum 1, N Bhat 1, L Tolbert 1, M Agrawal 1
PMCID: PMC1305316  PMID: 9830355

Abstract

We studied fecal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in 89 HIV-infected nonhospitalized patients ages 24 to 62 years, including 70 (79%) men (including 41 homosexual and 5 bisexual men) and 19 (21%) women. Of the 89 patients, 61 (69%) were black, 25 (28%) Hispanic, and 3 (3%) white; 53 (60%) had history of ongoing or recent antibacterial therapy with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (29), clarithromycin (18), amoxicillin (7), ofloxacin (3), and metronidazole, doxycycline, dicloxacillin, and cephalexin (1 each). VRE were not isolated from any of the patients studied.

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