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Table 2 Data on nosocomial infections due to Enterococci for 2007–16 per year from the German national nosocomial infection surveillance system (KISS), by infection site

From: Continuous increase of vancomycin resistance in enterococci causing nosocomial infections in Germany − 10 years of surveillance

 

Surgical site infections

Bloodstream infections

Urinary tract infections

Year

Enterococci (n)

VRE (n)

Proportion in % (95% CI)

Enterococci (n)

VRE (n)

Proportion in % (95% CI)

Enterococci (n)

VRE (n)

Proportion in % (95% CI)

2007

231

2

0.87 (0.15, 2.83)

170

10

5.88 (3.03, 10.23)

450

13

2.89 (1.62, 4.78)

2008

296

3

1.01 (0.26, 2.73)

206

15

7.28 (4.29, 11.47)

540

29

5.37 (3.69, 7.52)

2009

301

7

2.33 (1.02, 4.55)

273

23

8.42 (5.55, 12.18)

591

19

3.21 (2.00, 4.88

2010

336

9

2.68 (1.31, 4.86)

261

20

7.66 (4.88, 11.38)

627

26

4.15 (2.78, 5.93)

2011

357

11

3.08 (1.63, 5.29)

303

32

10.56 (7.46, 14.41)

379

18

4.75 (2.93, 7.26)

2012

322

13

4.04 (2.26, 6.63)

265

33

12.45 (8.88, 16.85)

434

27

6.22 (4.22, 8.80)

2013

420

20

4.76 (3.02, 7.13)

338

30

8.88 (6.18, 12.27)

462

37

8.01 (5.79, 10.76)

2014

519

10

1.93 (0.98, 3.41)

335

30

8.96 (6.24, 12.38)

439

44

10.02 (7.47, 13.10)

2015

615

26

4.23 (2.84, 6.05)

409

57

13.94 (10.83, 17.55)

504

41

8.13 (5.98, 10.77)

2016

617

31

5.02 (3.50, 6.97)

437

73

16.70 (12.39, 18.90)

496

49

9.88 (7.48, 12.75)

  1. VRE vancomycin-resistant enterococci