Research Article
High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of the study participants at HUCSH, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia (N = 223).
| | Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
| | Consistency of stool | Formed | 191 (85.7) | | Semiformed | 26 (11.7) | | Diarrheic | 6 (2.7) |
| | Hand washing habit | ≥3 times per day | 150 (67.3) | | 3 times per day | 51 (22.9) | | No habit of washing | 22 (9.9) |
| | Admission ward | Medical ward | 81 (36.3) | | Surgical ward | 115 (51.6) | | Pediatric ward | 15 (6.7) | | Adult intensive care units | 12 (5.4) |
| | Length of hospital stay | <2 weeks | 191 (85.6) | | ≥2 weeks | 32 (14.4) |
| | Admitted to ICU | Yes | 32 (10.8) | | No | 191 (85.6) |
| | Underwent invasive procedure | Yes | 171 (76.7) | | No | 52 (23.3) |
| | Reason for admission | Cancer | 20 (9.0) | | Congestive heart failure | 26 (11.7) | | Tuberculosis | 19 (8.5) | | Blood clots | 28 (12.6) | | Sever acute malnutrition | 10 (4.5) | | Chronic disease | 53 (23.8) | | Abdominal or cardiothoracic surgery | 48 (21.5) | | Others | 19 (8.5) |
| | Use of medical device | Electronic thermometers | 89 (39.9) | | Ear ox meters | 5 (2.2) | | Stethoscopes | 75 (33.6) | | Electronic thermometers and stethoscope | 7 (3.1) | | Others | 47 (21.1) |
| | Patient relocated from one unit to other | Yes | 101 (45.3) | | No | 122 (54.70) |
| | Treatment outside of the current hospital | Yes | 96 (43) | | No | 127 (57) |
| | Had a history of vancomycin treatment | Yes | 74 (33.2) | | No | 149 (66.8) | | No | 194 (87.0) |
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ICU: intensive care unit.
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