Research Article
Molecular Characterization of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci from Hospitals of the Picardy Region (France)
Table 1
Frequency of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) in relation to the number of clinical samples.
| Source | Specimen | Absolute number of GRE isolates | Relative frequency () |
| Hospital surveillance | Rectal swabs | 103 | 74.7 |
| Hospital clinical samples () | Urine | 12 | 8.8 | Pus | 6 | 4.4 | Peritoneal fluid | 4 | 2.9 | Blood | 3 | 2.2 | Drainage tube | 2 | 1.4 | Bile | 2 | 1.4 | Urethral swab | 1 | 0.7 | Vaginal swab | 1 | 0.7 | Abscess | 1 | 0.7 | Catheter | 1 | 0.7 | Pyosalpinx | 1 | 0.7 | Sputum | 1 | 0.7 |
| Total | ā | 138 | 100.0 |
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