Are enterococcal bloodstream infections an independent risk factor for a poorer 5-year survival or just a marker for severity of illness?—The Munich multicentric enterococci cohort

Are enterococcal bloodstream infections an independent risk factor for a poorer 5-year survival or just a marker for severity of illness?—The Munich multicentric enterococci cohort

ABSTRACT To assess the long-term survival of patients with enterococcal bloodstream infections (BSI), encompassing various species and resistance patterns compared to Escherichia coli (E. coli) BSI. Between 2010–2019, 3,290 enterococcal and 3,415 E. coli BSI were retrospectively screened in seven ho...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Rothe, Tobias Bachfischer, Siranush Karapetyan, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Milena Wurst, Sabine Gleich, Karl Dichtl, Roland M. Schmid, Julian Triebelhorn, Laura Wagner, Johanna Erber, Florian Voit, Rainer Burgkart, Andreas Obermeier, Ulrich Seibold, Dirk H. Busch, Patrick C. Rämer, Christoph D. Spinner, Jochen Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-12-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
enteroccocal bloodstream infections
5-year survival
Enterococcus faecium
vancomycin resistant Entercoccus faecium
disease severity
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02585-23

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