VENOUS: A Translational Study of Enterococcal Bacteremia
VENOUS: A Translational Study of Enterococcal Bacteremia
The purpose of this study is to assemble a multicenter prospective cohort of patients with
 enterococcal bloodstream infections (BSIs) to provide data on outcomes of patients with
 enterococcal BSIs for sample size calculations for future trials, as well as to characterize
 enterococcal isolates causing BSIs in order to comprehensively dissect the molecular
 epidemiology of infecting organisms for future studies.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Hospitalized patient

 -  ≥1 positive blood culture with Enterococcus spp. (VRE or VSE) during hospitalization

 -  bacterial isolate(s) is/are available for further characterization

 -  Repeat blood culture(s) within 7 days from the first positive culture

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Cultures obtained from patients not admitted to the hospital

 -  Isolate(s) not available for further studies.