Table 1.

Bivariate analysis according to mean value of baseline characteristics of patients enrolled (n = 414)

^*In VRE (+) group, mean duration denotes elapsed days before pathogen isolation, whereas in VRE (-) group, mean duration denotes total admission days, ^†Mean hospitalizing duration, if three patients whose admission was greater than 365 days were excluded from the data, ^‡Renal diseases include chronic renal failure (4), and acute renal failure (2). Hepatopathy includes liver cirrhosis (3) and acute hepatitis (2). Others include atrial fibrillation, pulmonary edema, angina, myocardial infarction, cellulitis, meningitis, and malignancy, ^§Cerebrovascular diseases include subarachnoid hemorrhage (12), intracerebral and/or intraventricular hemorrhage (12), and cerebral infarction (1). Spine diseases encompass. GCS : Glasgow coma scale, ICU : intensive care unit, N/A : not applicable, VRE : vancomycin-resistant enterococcus