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. 2013 Sep 27;8(9):e75658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075658

Table 3. Descriptive summary of VRE infections by colonization status.

Author VRE infections
Batis tao DW,2012 [27] No VRE infections among prevalent at admission
Pan SC,2012 [30] 5/47 (11%) had VRE infection among acquired cases
Kim YJ, 2012 [29] 28/184 (15%) had VRE infections among those prevalent at admission
Climo MW, 2009 [35] 16/270 (6%) among colonized in soap bathing group had bacteremia (cumulative)
4/226 (2%) among colonized in chlorhexidine group had bacteremia (cumulative)
Wibbenmeyer L,2009 [37] 7/30 (23%) VRE infections among prevalent at admission vs. 0/463 among VRE negative on admission
0/51 infections among those acquiring VRE
Lambiase E, 2007 [39] No VRE bacteremia among prevalent at admission
Peta M, 2006 [41] 2/56 (4%) VRE infections among colonized (cumulative)
Shadel BN, 2006 [10] 8% VRE bacteremia among prevalent at admission vs. <1% among non-colonized
Yeh KM, 2004 [46] 9/816 (1%) had bacteremia among colonized (cumulative)
Littvik AM, 2004 [40] 2/18 (11%) VRE bacteremias among colonized (cumulative)
Martinez JA, 2003 [49] 1/32 (3%) with VRE bacteremia among prevalent at admission
1/31 (3%) with VRE bacteremia after VRE acquisition
None among those without VRE colonization
Padiglione AA, 2003 [11] No VRE infections among colonized (cumulative)
Hendrix CW, 2001 [53] 9/20 (45%) VRE infections among colonized (cumulative)
0/94 among non-colonized
Dan M, 1999 [55] 1/6 (16%) with VRE bacteremia among prevalent at admission
1/55 (2%) with VRE bacteremia among not colonized
Ostrowsky BE, 1999 [57] 1/35 (3%) with VRE infection among prevalent at admission
Zuckerman RA, 1999 [58] No VRE infections among prevalent at admission