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Secular Trends of Hospitalization With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection in the United States, 2000–2006

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Andrew M. Ramsey  and
Marya D. Zilberberg
Andrew M. Ramsey
Affiliation:
School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Marya D. Zilberberg*
Affiliation:
School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst EviMedResearch Group, Goshen, Massachusetts
*
EviMedResearch Group, PO Box 303, Goshen, MA 01032 (Marya@EviMedGroup.org)
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Abstract

Although the incidence of hospitalizations with infection due to vancomycin-resistant pathogens in the United States remained stable during 2000–2003, it increased from 4.60 to 9.48 hospitalizations per 100,000 population during 2003–2006. Hospitalizations with infection due to vancomycin-resistant pathogens also increased as a proportion of all US hospitalizations, from 3.16 to 6.51 hospitalizations with VRE infection per 10,000 total hospitalizations during 2003–2006. The number of hospitalizations with infection due to vancomycin-resistant pathogens is increasing in the United States. Because infection due to vancomycin-resistant organisms is associated with poor outcomes, the epidemiology of this trend needs further exploration.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 184 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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