Table I.

Source, age and gender distribution of cases infected with enterococci (n=147).

Specimens	Total cases n (%)	E. faecalis n (%)	E. faecium n (%)	p-value
Urine	1244 (42.1)	94 (63.9)	5 (3.4)	< 0.001
Pus	734 (24.8)	26 (17.7)	2 (1.4)	< 0.001
Wound Swab	275 (9.3)	13 (8.8)	1 (0.7)	0.001
Ear Swab	172 (5.8)	3 (2)	0	-
ETT Tips	19 (0.6)	2 (1.4)	0	-
Blood	452 (15.3)	1 (0.7)	0	-
Other Body Fluids	50 (1.7)	0	0	-
CSF	12 (0.4)	0	0	-
Total	n=2958	139 (94.6)	8 (5.4)
Gender [Enterococcal cases; n (%)]
Males	49 (33.3)	47 (32)	2 (1.4)	0.05
Females	98 (66.7)	92 (62.5)	6 (4.1)
Age Groups [Enterococcal cases; n (%)]
Mean age ± S.D.		57.5 ± 24.6	54.2 ± 16.5
0-20 years	18 (12.2)	18 (12.2)	0	0.85
21-40 years	60 (40.8)	57 (38.8)	3 (2)
41-60 years	58 (39.5)	53 (36.1)	5 (3.4)
61-80 years	11 (7.5)	11 (7.5)	0
Total	147	139 (94.6)	8 (5.4)