Table 3 Summary of the studies on VRE carried out in hospitals in the Dutch-German cross-border region (2012–2018)
Study | Design | Year | Setting | Patient population | Sample site | Clinical relevance | Species | Sample size | Outcome | Resistance gene (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies reporting on the prevalence of VRE colonization | ||||||||||
Zhou et al. [63] | Cross-sectional | 2012–2013 | 2 university hospitals | ICU, wards | Rectal | Colonization | ND | NL: 445, DE: 102 isolates | VRE isolates: NL, 6; DE, 4 prevalence: NL, 1.3%; DE, 3.9% | NL: vanB (100%), DE: vanB (75%) |
Glasner et al. [64] | Cross-sectional | 2017–2018 | 8 Dutch, 15 German hospitals | ICU | Rectal | Colonization | E. faecium | NL: 1110, DE: 2035 isolates | VRE isolates: NL, 1; DE, 55 prevalence: NL, 0.1%; DE, 2.7% | ND |