| Description |
The enterococci are a group of bacteria that can cause serious disease in
in any patient/client receiving care within the VHA.
Note: Even specimens that have been obtained from patients (not the
environment) as part of an epidemiologic prevalence study or survey should be
included if they are present in the VistA laboratory package results from your
site.
The results from this EPI pathogen setting will be coupled with the results
from Reference #1 (Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [VRE]) to help determine
the percentage of all isolates of enterococci that have vancomycin resistance.
humans, including blood stream infections, urinary tract infections, wound
infections, endocarditis and even death. As with many other organisms that
cause disease in humans, resistance to antibiotics is emerging in the
enterococci. The presence of antibiotic resistance creates a challenge in
treatment of infections with this organism. In order to determine the
prevalence of antibiotic resistance, a baseline of occurrence of ALL enterococci
needs to be obtained. This particular EPI pathogen setting has been created
to identify ALL culture positive isolates of enterococci from any specimen site
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