Volume 11, Number 6—June 2005
Research
Global Spread of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from Distinct Nosocomial Genetic Complex
Rob J.L. Willems*
, Janetta Top*, Marga van Santen†, D. Ashley Robinson‡, Teresa M. Coque§, Fernando Baquero§, Hajo Grundmann†, and Marc J.M. Bonten*
, Janetta Top*, Marga van Santen†, D. Ashley Robinson‡, Teresa M. Coque§, Fernando Baquero§, Hajo Grundmann†, and Marc J.M. Bonten*Table 2
Parameter estimates by using a logistic regression model*
| Regression lines |
Parameter estimates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b0 |
bamp |
bPAI |
bgly |
bepi |
p value |
|
| Complex-17 crude | –4.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.000 |
| Corrected for amp | –6.61 | 5.38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Corrected for PAI | –6.29 | 5.08 | 1.06 | 0 | 0.84 | 0.038 |
| Corrected for gly | –6.07 | 5.12 | 1.01 | –0.45 | 0.83 | 0.316 |
*Amp, ampicillin resistance; PAI, presence of the Enterococcus faecium pathogenicity island; gly, glycopeptide resistance; epi, epidemiologic source (animal surveillance, community surveillance, hospital surveillance, clinical sample, hospital outbreak).
