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Comparison of rates of new detection of colonization and infection with VRE among 146 ICU patients treated with cefepime-containing antibiotic regimens and those among patients treated with piperacillin-tazobactam-containing antibiotic regimens
| Parameter | No. (%) of patients treated with:
|
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cefepime (n = 74) | Piperacillin-tazobactam (n = 72) | ||
| VRE colonization | 23 (31.1) | 19 (26.4) | 0.28 |
| VRE infection | 5 (6.8) | 4 (5.6) | 0.20 |
