Does vancomycin resistance increase mortality in Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia after orthotopic liver transplantation? A retrospective study

Table 2 Unadjusted outcome analysis of patients with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) versus vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium (VSE) bacteraemia

Variables	n	All patients n = 177	VRE n = 39	VSE n = 138	p
30-day Endpoints
Favourable Outcome	175*	95/175 (54.3)	19/39 (48.7)	76/136 (55.9)	0.429
Crude mortality	177	21/177 (11.9)	6/39 (15.4)	15/138 (10.9)	0.441
90-day Endpoints
Favourable Outcome	172**	91/172 (52.9)	20/39 (51.3)	71/133 (53.4)	0.817
Crude Mortality	177	58/177 (32.8)	15/39 (38.5)	43/138 (31.2)	0.391
Length of hospital stay until day 30 [days]	177		25.9 ± 8.5	24.9 ± 7.7	0.160
Stay in ICU until day 30 [days]	177		15.3 ± 12.3	13.5 ± 12.0	0.435
Ward stay until day 30 [days]	156***		12.6 ± 12.1	12.8 ± 10.7	0.958
Stay at home or in a rehabilitation unit until day 30 [days]	156***		1.1 ± 4.3	3.4 ± 6.3	0.022

Data are presented as n (%), mean ± standard deviation.
* n = 175 (2 missing)
**n = 172 (5 missing)
***n = 156 (only patients who reached day 30 were included)
Abbreviations: VRE vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, VSE vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium, ICU intensive care unit

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