By Ethan Covey
Epidemiologists have reported increasing rates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) bloodstream infections (BSIs) in hospitals throughout Canada, which could be tied to a novel VRE sequence, according to a new study (Emerg Infect Dis 2020;26[9]:2247-2250).
Although VRE were initially identified in Canada nearly 30 years ago, rates of infection had long remained low. Beginning in 1999, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) has tracked the infections via