Table 2 Incidence of EE and KPEE among cases of systemic infection
Study | Date and location | Cases of systemic K. pneumoniae infection | Incidence of KPEE among K. pneumoniae systemic disease | Study | Date and location | Cases of systemic all-cause bacteremia | Incidence of EE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asian studies | Sheu et al. [11] | 1991 to 2009; Taiwan | 602 | 7% | Non-Asian studies | Jackson et al. [1] | 1984 to 2001; England | 5,859 | < 0.01%a |
Sng et al. [4] | 2004 to 2005; Singapore | 133 | 3.8% | ||||||
Yang et al. [12] | 1994 to 2001; Taiwan | 200 | 11% | ||||||
Average incidence of KPEE in Asian countries | 7.3% | ||||||||