Incidence clinical characteristics and outcomes of nosocomial Enterococcus spp. bloodstream infections in a tertiary-care hospital in Beijing China: a four-year retrospective study

摘要

Background Enterococcus spp. are the common cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs) with high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to characterize the incidence, clinical and microbiological features, and mortality of nosocomial enterococcal BSIs at a large Chinese tertiary-care hospital in Beijing, China.