Table 1.
Variations in the Occurrence of Enterococcal Infections in Hospitals Contributing Isolates to the SENTRY Program (1997–2016)
| No. of Isolates per Infection Type (% Enterococci) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | BSI | PIHP | IAI | SSSI | UTI |
| North America | 136 766 (10.7) | 66 012 (0.7) | 4450 (13.1) | 74 943 (5.9) | 31 832 (12.5) |
| Europe | 103 487 (8.1) | 35 780 (1.8) | 4458 (17.2) | 39 849 (7.4) | 14 874 (16.7) |
| Latin America | 37 035 (5.0) | 12 110 (1.5) | 183 (23.5) | 12 768 (9.8) | 3829 (19.8) |
| Asia-Pacific | 26 862 (5.1) | 14 602 (0.8) | 96 (24.0) | 15 484 (3.3) | 3466 (17.7) |
A total of 765 388 strains (49 491 enterococci [6.5%]) were analyzed over the 20 study years.
Abbreviations: BSI, bloodstream infection; IAI, intra-abdominal infection; PIHP, pneumonia in hospitalized patient; SSSI, skin and skin structure infection; UTI, urinary tract infection.