Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Colonization and Infection in Liver Transplant Candidates and Recipients: A Prospective Surveillance Study

Abstract

Liver transplantation candidates with VRE colonization before transplantation experience greater morbidity but not greater mortality, compared with noncolonized candidates. Transplant recipients who acquire VRE after transplantation have a higher mortality rate than noncolonized recipients. Strategies should be implemented to reduce nosocomial VRE acquisition after transplantation among this vulnerable group.