Additive effect of Enterococcus faecium on Enterococcal bloodstream infections: a 14-year study in a Swiss tertiary hospital

Maja Weisser; Selja Capaul; Marc Dangel; Luigia Elzi; Esther Kuenzli; Reno Frei; Andreas Widmer

doi:10.1086/673145

Additive effect of Enterococcus faecium on Enterococcal bloodstream infections: a 14-year study in a Swiss tertiary hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Oct;34(10):1109-12. doi: 10.1086/673145. Epub 2013 Aug 29.

Authors

Maja Weisser¹, Selja Capaul, Marc Dangel, Luigia Elzi, Esther Kuenzli, Reno Frei, Andreas Widmer

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 24018931
DOI: 10.1086/673145

Abstract

We investigated whether an increase in enterococcal bloodstream infections (BSIs) depends on the emergence of Enterococcus faecium in an area with low vancomycin-resistant enterococci prevalence. From 1999 to 2012, a linear increase in E. faecium BSI rates (0.009 per 1,000 patient-days per year; P < .001) was noted. Enterococcus faecalis BSI rates remained stable.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ampicillin Resistance
Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Enterococcus faecalis*
Enterococcus faecium* / genetics
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Minisatellite Repeats
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Switzerland / epidemiology
Tertiary Care Centers
Vancomycin Resistance