TABLE 1.

Species distribution of positive rectal carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae screening cases

Species	Case group (n = 100, %)	Control group (n = 105, %)	Total (n = 205, %)	p
Klebsiella pneumoniae	76 (76.0)	85 (81.0)	161 (78.5)	0.388
Escherichia coli	17 (17.0)	7 (6.7)	24 (11.7)	0.021*
Enterobacter cloacae	2 (2.0)	6 (5.7)	8 (3.9)	0.312
Citrobacter freundii	1 (1.0)	4 (3.8)	5 (2.4)	0.395
Klebsiella aerogenes	1 (1.0)	2 (1.9)	3 (1.5)	1.000
Raoultella planticola	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)	1 (0.5)	1.000
Klebsiella oxytoca	3 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.5)	0.228

^* p < 0.05.