Table 12.

MRSA, PRSP & VRE in Selected Countries

Unit: %
	MRSA (HAI only)	PRSP	VRE
China	89 (2001)	27 (2001)	0 (2001)
U.S.	16 (2001)	26 (2001)	0.3 (1989), 8 (1993), 12.8 (2001) in ICU
Kuwait	9 (2001)	46 (2001)	0 (2001)
Japan [33]	60–80% (1999)	11–40 (1999)	n/a
Taiwan [34]	n/a	69 (2000)	2 (2000)