Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Epidemic and Nonepidemic Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
Table 2
Mean identification factor calculated for 92 vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium (VSEF) in clusters 1, 2, 3, and 4 to the vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VREF) genogroups A–D
| Cluster | n | Genogroup A |
Genogroup B |
Genogroup C |
Genogroup D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFa | IF | IF | IF | ||
| 1 |
4 |
1.48±0.06 |
1.76±0.16 |
2.5±0.16 |
3.93±0.31 |
| 2 |
12 |
2.25±0.20 |
1.53±0.10 |
2.12±0.15 |
3.33±0.16 |
| 3 |
66 |
2.98±0.10 |
1.58±0.07 |
1.72±0.09 |
3.97±0.06 |
| 4 | 10 | 3.91±0.45 | 2.36±0.29 | 1.39±0.05 | 4.74±0.32 |
aThe mean identification factor (IF) represents a measure of how well the entries of the four different VSEF clusters belong to one of the previously described VREF genogroups, taking into consideration the internal spread of the VREF genogroups. Mean identification factor was determined by calculating the arithmetic averages of identification factors of isolates of a given cluster. The lowest identification factor (indicated in boldface type) represents the highest probability that isolates in a given VSEF cluster belong to a certain VREF genogroup. The 95% confidence limits are shown for each identification factor.