Table 2.

Number of patients and incidence of isolation of enterococci from clinical specimens

Year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Orthopedic department
No. of patients with enterococci in tissue samples	18	14	19	32	22	48	85	136	119
Incidence a of patients with enterococci in tissue samples	1.03	0.8	1.2	2.1	1.5	3.5	4.5	5.9	5.6
Total hospital
No. of patients with enterococci (all specimens)	906	1,053	1,245	1,420	1,506	1,690	1,973	2,273	2,020
Incidence a of patients with enterococci (all specimens)	4.5	5.4	6.3	7.3	7.9	9.1	9.2	10.0	9.9

^a No. of patients/10³ bed days.