Table 1 Descriptive statistics for VIM-PA colonization data collected at Erasmus MC, 2010–2018
No./median (IQR/percentage %) | |
|---|---|
Study period, days | 3058 |
Admissions | 10,408 |
Number of included patients | 8814 |
Number of patients with readmissions | 1128 (12.8%) |
Observed number of patients with positive culture(s) for VIM-PA | 62 (0.7%) |
Number of patients with only negative cultures for VIM-PA | 7487 (84.9%) |
Number of patients with no cultures | 1265 (14.4%) |
Length of stay, days | 3.0 (2.0–7.0) |
Observed colonized patients | 13.0 (5.0–31.0) |
Observed uncolonized patients | 3.0 (2.0–7.0) |
Number of cultures* per included patient | 6.0 (4.0–15.0) |
Number of combined† cultures per included patient | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) |
Number of combined cultures per admission | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) |