Table 2 Frequency of biofilm phenotypes in Enterococcus based on the source of samples
Group | Negative | Weak biofilm | Moderate Biofilm | Strong Biofilm | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. faecalis (n = 16) | E. faecium (n = 30) | E. faecalis (n = 23) | E. faecium (n = 18) | E. faecalis (n = 25) | E. faecium (n = 9) | E. faecalis (n = 20) | E. faecium (n = 4) | E. faecalis (n = 84) | E. faecium (n = 61) | |
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||||
Hospital staff | 8 (50) | 7 (23.33) | 10 (43.47) | 2 (11.11) | 9 (36) | 2 (22.22) | 9 (45) | 3 (75) | 36 (42.85) | 14 (22.95) |
Health volunteers | 5 (31.25) | 14 (46.66) | 10 (43.47) | 6 (33.33) | 7 (28) | 2 (22.22) | 5 (25) | 1 (25) | 27 (32.14) | 23 (37.70) |
Hospital environment | 3 (18.75) | 9 (30) | 3 (13.04) | 10 (55.55) | 9 (36) | 5 (55.55) | 6 (30) | 0 | 21 (25) | 24 (39.34) |
P-value | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.15 |