|
Age, median (IQR), years
|
60 (47–68)
|
63.5 (51–76)
|
58 (44–68)
|
|
Sex
| | | |
|
Male
|
69 (59)
|
72 (62)
|
63 (54)
|
|
Female
|
47 (41)
|
44 (38)
|
53 (46)
|
|
Unit of admission
| | | |
|
Haematology/oncology
|
61 (53)
|
43 (37)
|
67 (58)
|
|
Non-haematology/oncology
|
55 (47)
|
73 (63)
|
49 (42)
|
|
Reason for admission
|
|
Medical
|
89 (77)
|
87 (75)
|
89 (77)
|
|
Surgical
|
27 (23)
|
29 (25)
|
27 (23)
|
|
Charlson score, median (IQR)
|
4 (2–5)
|
3 (1–5)
|
4 (1–4)
|
|
Chronic disease score-VRE (CDS-VRE), median (IQR)
|
1 (0–1.9)
|
0 (0–1)
|
0 (0–1.6)
|
|
Lung disease
|
17 (15)
|
17 (15)
|
17 (15)
|
|
Ischaemic heart disease
|
25 (22)
|
23 (20)
|
11 (9)
|
|
Myocardial infarction
|
10 (9)
|
10 (9)
|
3 (3)
|
|
Congestive heart failure
|
13 (11)
|
14 (12)
|
2 (2)
|
|
Cerebrovascular disease
|
7 (6)
|
13 (11)
|
5 (4)
|
|
Gastrointestinal disease
|
54 (47)
|
64 (55)
|
38 (33)
|
|
Renal disease
|
21 (18)
|
18 (16)
|
15 (13)
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
25 (22)
|
30 (26)
|
20 (17)
|
|
Cancer
|
74 (64)
|
64 (55)
|
74 (64)
|
|
Solid organ transplant recipient
|
14 (12)
|
7 (6)
|
5 (4)
|
|
Enterococcus species
| | | |
|
E. faecalis
|
9 (8)
|
71 (61)
|
-
|
|
E. faecium
|
107 (92)
|
39 (34)
|
-
|
|
E. casseliflavus, E. gallinarum, or E. durans
|
-
|
4 (3)
|
-
|
|
Both E. faecalis and E. faecium
|
-
|
1 (1)
|
-
|
|
Unknown
|
-
|
1 (1)
|
-
|
|
Polymicrobial bacteraemia
|
33 (28)
|
50 (43)
|
-
|
|
Infection (other than due to Enterococci) prior to bacteraemia (VRE and VSE cases) and prior to discharge (controls)
|
61 (53)
|
43 (37)
|
34 (29)
|
|
Days from admission until bacteraemia, median (IQR), days
|
16 (7–24)
|
7.5 (1–18.5)
|
-
|
|
Total length of stay, median (IQR), days
|
35 (22.5-50.5)
|
25 (16–45.5)
|
9 (5–20)
|
|
In-hospital mortality
|
42 (36)
|
30 (26)
|
5 (4)
|
