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Epidemiology and Mortality Risk of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bloodstream Infections
Abstract
Risk factors for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) bloodstream infection (BSI) were studied at a tertiary-care hospital by comparing 46 patients with VRE-BSI with 46 randomly selected patients with vancomycin-susceptible enterococcal (VSE) BSI. Among patients with an enterococcal BSI, risk factors for mortality were determined. Independent risk factors for VRE-BSI were increasing APACHE II score (odds ratio [OR], 2.3/5-point increase; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.4-3.9), receipt of vancomycin (OR, 11; 95% CI, 5.5-21), or diagnosis of hematologic malignancy (OR, 8.4; 95% CI, 3.9-18). After controlling for APACHE II score and gender, patients with VRE- versus VSE-BSI did not have a significantly elevated risk of mortality (OR, 3.3; 95% CI, 0.7-15). Five of 28 VRE blood isolates typed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis had identical banding patterns. These data suggest that increasing severity of illness, underlying disease, and receipt of vancomycin are major risk factors for VRE-BSI.
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- Shay, D. K., Maloney, S. A., Montecalvo, M., Banerjee, S., Wormser, G. P., Arduino, M. J., Bland, L. A., & Jarvis, W. R.
- Venue
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 1995-10-01
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- 172
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- 4
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- 993-1000
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- 0022-1899 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6613
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- W2095868952
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- 320
- References
- 1
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- 14.41
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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