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Pathogens
Antimicrobials
Gram positive cocci in short chains
VRE, associated with prior antibiotics
Bacteremia
Endocarditis (usually subacute)
Intra-abdominal or hepatobiliary infection
UTI
Colonization
More likely to cause true infection in immunocompromised or after selection pressure from antimicrobial administration has eliminated other organisms
Most E. faecium will be VRE