Evaluation of Compliance in Control and Prevention Study of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Outbreak

Table 3

Demographic data of VRE colonized patients, 𝑛 (%).

Gender (M/F)	20/14
Age	4.05 ± 4.91 years
Duration of hospitalization before VRE isolation (mean ± SD)	9 ± 10.9 days
Long-term antibiotic use	20 (58.8)
Long-term catheter use	4 (11.8)
Underlying medical illness
Chronic renal diseases	7 (20.6)
Neurometabolic diseases	5 (14.7)
Oncological diseases	4 (11.8)
Chronic respiratory diseases	2 (5.8)
Cerebrovascular diseases	1 (2.9)
Primary illness
Pneumonia	9 (26.5)
Fever	6 (17.6)
Cardiac failure	4 (11.8)
Peritonitis	4 (11.8)
Urinary tract infections	2 (5.9)
Others	9 (26.5)
Duration of total hospitalization (mean ± SD)	14 ± 13.86 days
Enterococcal strain species in positive cultures
E. faecium	21 (61.7)
E. faecalis	7 (20.5)
E. gallinarum	4 (11.7)
E. casseliflavus	2 (5.8)