Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes for Enterococcus spp. Blood Stream Infections: A Population-Based Study | Zendy

Emma O. Billington | Zendy; Sen Han Phang | Zendy; Dan Gregson | Zendy; Johann Pitout | Zendy; Terry Ross | Zendy; Deirdre L. Church | Zendy; Kevin B. Laupland | Zendy; Michael D. Parkins | Zendy

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Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes for Enterococcus spp. Blood Stream Infections: A Population-Based Study

Author(s) -

Emma O. Billington,

Sen Han Phang,

Dan Gregson,

Johann Pitout,

Terry Ross,

Deirdre L. Church,

Kevin B. Laupland,

Michael D. Parkins

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.02.012

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , enterococcus , blood stream , population , medicine , environmental health , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , physics , optics

Enterococci are a clinically significant cause of bloodstream infections (BSI), particularly in the nosocomial setting. The purpose of this study was to characterize the incidence, risk factors for acquisition, microbiological characteristics and mortality of enterococcal BSI within the well-defined population of a large Canadian health region.

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