Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Epidemic and Nonepidemic Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
Table 1
Description of studied Enterococcus faecium isolates
Origin |
Country |
n |
---|---|---|
Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium | ||
Epidemic |
United Kingdom |
1 |
Netherlands |
4 |
|
United States |
11 |
|
Clinical infections |
Austria |
1 |
United Kingdom |
7 |
|
Israel |
2 |
|
Italy |
1 |
|
Netherlands |
8 |
|
United States |
1 |
|
Clinical surveillance |
Germany |
1 |
France |
4 |
|
United Kingdom |
1 |
|
Israel |
1 |
|
Italy |
1 |
|
Netherlands |
27 |
|
Slovenia |
1 |
|
Community surveillance |
United Kingdom |
1 |
Netherlands |
35 |
|
Vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium |
||
Clinical infections |
Austria |
6 |
Belgium |
1 |
|
Switzerland |
3 |
|
Germany |
14 |
|
Spain |
8 |
|
France |
8 |
|
United Kingdom |
1 |
|
Greece |
1 |
|
Italy |
16 |
|
Poland |
5 |
|
Portugal |
5 |
|
Turkey |
5 |
|
Clinical surveillance |
Netherlands |
5 |
Community surveillance | Netherlands | 14 |