Secular trends of hospitalization with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection in the United States, 2000-2006

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Feb;30(2):184-6. doi: 10.1086/593956.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Enterococcus / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Hospitalization / trends*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Vancomycin Resistance*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin