East North Central region has the highest prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in the United States

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Apr;34(4):443-5. doi: 10.1086/669872.

Authors

Sumanth Gandra¹, Nikolay Braykov, Ramanan Laxminarayan

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.

PMID: 23466924
DOI: 10.1086/669872

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Enterococcus faecalis* / drug effects
Enterococcus faecalis* / isolation & purification
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Midwestern United States / epidemiology
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Vancomycin Resistance*