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Sources of BSI changed little during the past two decades, with urinary tract infection representing approximately 50% of the episodes. The bacteriology also did not change substantially during the past 20 years; gram-negative bacilli were isolated in approximately 50% of the episodes and <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> was the most commonly isolated organism. In the most recent study, covering the period 1997-2000, resistance to fluoroquinolones and broad-spectrum penicillins and cephalosporins was uncommon among gram-negative blood isolates; MRSA was the most common resistant organism causing nursing home-acquired BSI. Case-fatality rates changed little during the past 20 years; urinary tract infection was associated with the lowest mortality and pneumonia had the highest case-fatality rate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00198976_abs4\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>There has been little change in the epidemiology of nursing home-acquired BSI in the past 20 years. 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