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. 2014 Nov 4;43(1):37–43. doi: 10.1007/s15010-014-0691-4

Table 2.

Distribution of multiresistant bacteria by site of infection (patients with evaluable treatment outcome; n = 215)

Drug-resistance phenotype,  % (n) Patients with documented MRB infection
Any MRB VRE MRSA ESBL
Total MRB population 100 % (215) 19.5 % (42) 61.4 % (132) 31.2 % (67)
Intraabdominal infection (cIAI) 32.6 % (70) 38.6 % (27) 27.1 % (19) 50.0 % (35)
Skin and soft tissue infection (cSSTI) 25.6 % (55) 5.5 % (3) 90.9 % (50) 7.3 % (4)
Diabetic foot infection (DFI) 14.0 % (30) −(0) 100.0 % (30) 10.0 % (3)
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) 6.0 % (13) 7.7 % (1) 84.6 % (11) 38.5 % (5)
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) 14.0 % (30) −(0) 70.0 % (21) 30.0 % (9)
Blood stream infection (BSI) 10.2 % (22) 18.2 % (4) 68.2 % (15) 36.4 % (8)
Multiple-site infection (MSI) 12.6 % (27) 14.8 % (4) 63.0 % (17) 44.4 % (12)

Patients could have more than one MRB