[Enterococcal infections in critically ill patients admitted to ICU].

Background And Objective: To determine the frequency of infections caused by Enterococcus spp. in critically ill patients admitted to ICUs in Spain and to describe the clinical features and outcome of those patients in whom this pathogen was isolated.

Patients And Method: Prospective, observational, multicenter study.

Community-acquired bloodstream infection in critically ill adult patients: impact of shock and inappropriate antibiotic therapy on survival.

Design: The objectives were to characterize the prognostic factors and evaluate the impact of inappropriate empiric antibiotic treatment and systemic response on the outcome of critically ill patients with community-acquired bloodstream infection (BSI).

Patients: A prospective, multicenter, observational study was carried out in 339 patients admitted in 30 ICUs for BSI.

Results: Crude mortality was 41.