Volume 18, Number 6—June 2012
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Pretransplant Fecal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae and Infection after Liver Transplant, France
Table 2
Variable | No. (%) patients |
p value† | |||
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2001–2003, n = 185 | 2004–2006, n = 196 | 2007–2008, n = 188 | 2009–2010, n = 141 | ||
Pretransplant ESBLE fecal carriage | 0 | 5 (2.5) | 9 (4.8) | 15 (10.6) | <0.0001 |
Posttransplant ESBLE infection | 3 (1.6) | 9 (4.6) | 9 (4.8) | 18 (12.8) | <0.0001 |
*ESBLE, extended spectrum β-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae.
†Comparison among the 4 periods by test of trend.
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