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vancomycinresistant enterococcus vre emerging drugresistant organism responsible increasing numbers nosocomial infections adults data available epidemiology impact vre infections children hypothesized significant increase vre infections among hospitalized children additionally predicted vre infection would associated certain comorbid conditions increased duration cost hospitalization retrospective study inpatient pediatric patients performed using data hospitalizations vre healthcare cost utilization project kids inpatient database 1997 2012 used multivariable logistic regression model establish factors associated vre infection highdimensional propensity score match evaluate death length stay cost hospitalization hospitalizations vre infection showed increasing trend 53 hospitalizations per million 1997 120 2012 p 001 conditions associated vre included clostridium difficile infection diagnoses involving immunosuppression significant antibiotic health care exposure patients vre infection significantly longer length stay attributable difference ad 21 days p 001 higher hospitalization costs ad 8233 p 004 vre infection associated increased risk death odds ratio 103 95 confidence interval 073147 vre infections among hospitalized children increasing substantial rate study demonstrates significant impact vre health pediatric patients highlights importance strict adherence existing infection control policies vre surveillance certain highrisk pediatric populations