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  • Clinical Research

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  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colonization is common in patients with renal failure.
  • Understanding VRE's impact on renal patients is clinically significant.

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  • To assess the effect of VRE colonization on hospital admissions, length of stay, and mortality in renal patients.
  • Investigate the clinical implications of VRE in patients requiring renal replacement therapy.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective case-control study (2000-2010) of renal dialysis patients.
  • 134 VRE-colonized patients (cases) matched with 137 non-colonized patients (controls).
  • Analysis of differences in admissions, length of stay, and mortality between groups.

Main Results:

  • No significant difference in mortality between VRE-colonized and non-colonized renal patients (HR: 1.14; P=0.49).
  • VRE-colonized patients experienced a significantly longer length of stay (7.29 days vs. 4.14 days; P<0.001).
  • Number of hospital admissions did not differ significantly between the groups (9.34 vs. 8.33; P=0.78).

Conclusions:

  • VRE colonization does not elevate mortality risk in renal patients.
  • VRE colonization is associated with an increased length of hospital stay for renal patients.