Secular Trends in Nosocomial Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bloodstream Infections Among United States Veterans Affairs Hospitals, Fiscal Years 2004 through 2014

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Sep;38(9):1114-1116. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.125. Epub 2017 Jul 11.
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MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacteremia / epidemiology*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Enterococcus / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hospitals, Veterans
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vancomycin Resistance*
  • Young Adult