Age, yr, mean ± SD | 65 ± 17 |
Sex | |
Male | 296 (61) |
Female | 192 (39) |
Swab screening result for VRE |
Positive | 19 (4) |
Negative | 469 (96) |
Vancomycin resistance of sterile-site Enterococcus isolates | |
Positive | 10 (2) |
Negative | 478 (98) |
Enterococcus species in sterile-site isolates | |
E. faecalis | 347 (71) |
E. faecium | 141 (29) |
Admission type | |
Medical | 214 (44) |
Surgical | 255 (52) |
Obstetric | 3 (1) |
Not available | 16 (3) |
Intensive care unit exposure | 224 (46) |
Swab screening and collection of culture specimen performed during same admission | 374 (77) |
Sterile site for culture | |
Blood | 351 (72) |
Bone | 21 (4) |
Cerebrospinal fluid | 7 (1) |
Dialysate | 3 (1) |
Fluid other than cerebrospinal | 106 (22) |
Time between swab screening and collection of culture specimen | |
Immediate (< 48 h) | 76 (16) |
Recent (48 h to 14 d) | 190 (39) |
Remote (> 14 d) | 222 (45) |
Time from swab screening to collection of culture specimen, median (IQR), d | 12 (4-31) |