title: East North Central region has the highest prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in the United States.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
authors: Sumanth
authors: S
authors: Gandra
authors: Nikolay
authors: N
authors: Braykov
authors: Ramanan
authors: R
authors: Laxminarayan
mesh_terms: D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance