Recent Advances in Investigation, Prevention, and Management of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): Resistant Multidrug Strain Colonization and Its Risk Factors in an Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital

Table 3

Bacterial colonization of male and female patients upon 7 days of admission. NEG-NEG: no infection was found at admittance and at 7 days. NEG-POS: no infection was found at admittance but the patient was found to be infected at 7 days. POS-NEG: infected at admittance but no infection was found at 7 days. POS-POS: infected at admittance and the patient was found to be infected at 7 days.

	Male				Female
	MRSA	VRE	ESBL	CRE	MRSA	VRE	ESBL	CRE
NEG-NEG	93%	97.01%	52%	63.11%	88.46%	100%	49.66%	54.86%
NEG-POS	3%	2.99%	33.33%	25.41%	3.85%	0%	37.24%	32.64%
POS-NEG	4%	0%	6%	4.92%	7.69%	0%	6.90%	4.86%
POS-POS	0%	0%	8.67%	6.56%	0%	0%	6.21%	7.67%