Table 5.

Summary of enterococcal source and species from articles included in scoping review and proportion of included articles identifying each source or species.

Enterococcal characteristics	Proportion of articles (%)	Article citation
Sample sources
Human clinical infection	65.3	(24–28, 36–39, 41–53, 56, 58, 60, 63, 64, 66, 72–75, 77, 78, 80–83, 86–92, 94, 96)
Human screening samples	52.8	(6, 20, 24, 25, 27, 42–48, 50, 52, 58, 60, 62–65, 72, 74–77, 81–83, 85, 87, 88, 90–96)
Retail meats	16.7	(11, 13, 25, 38, 39, 43, 55, 58, 63, 67, 69, 70)
Food animal samples	16.7	(8, 25, 38, 39, 43, 54, 58, 61, 63, 68, 71, 84)
Wastewater	11.1	(9, 38, 39, 41, 43, 58, 59, 63)
Hospital environment	11.1	(46, 51, 56, 60, 64, 87, 88, 94)
GenBank sequence	6.9	(11, 40, 57, 58, 90)
Milk products	4.2	(40, 43, 57)
Other	1.4	(65)
Enterococcus spp.
E. faecium	87.5	(6, 8, 9, 13, 20, 24–28, 36–39, 41–43, 45–52, 54–57, 59, 60, 62–67, 70–83, 85–96)
E. faecalis	34.7	(6, 8, 9, 13, 25, 26, 28, 36, 38, 40, 43, 44, 48, 53, 54, 58, 59, 61, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 78, 79)
E. gallinarum	13.9	(6, 8, 9, 13, 36, 38, 54, 59, 60, 67)
E. hirae	11.1	(8, 11, 13, 36, 38, 54, 59, 65)
E durans	9.7	(8, 13, 38, 43, 54, 59, 67)
E. casseliflavus	9.7	(6, 8, 9, 36, 38, 65, 81)
Other	13.9	(8, 11, 13, 36, 38, 43, 59, 65, 81, 84)
VREfm specific study?
Yes	48.6	(20, 24, 27, 28, 37, 41, 42, 45–47, 50–52, 55, 62, 70, 72–77, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90–96)
No	51.4	(6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 25, 26, 36, 38–40, 43, 44, 48, 49, 53, 54, 56–61, 63–69, 71, 78, 79, 81, 84, 86, 89)