Marchi AP, et al. - Characterization of the lineage, virulence and resistance profile of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection and colonization isolates and determining their prognostic impact in haematology patients was the goal of this investigation. For this purpose, researchers used a regression logistic model and finally, reported that E. faecium was predominant, and compared with colonization isolates, infection isolates were more virulent and harboured more often the gene gelE. A fatal outcome was seemed to be related to infections caused by VRE carrying the asa1 gene.