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. 2023 Apr 13;12(4):746. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12040746

Table 3.

Microbiological and therapeutical features and outcomes of each type of infection treated with CFD.

Variables HAPs cUTIs cIAIs SSTIs Osteomyelitis CNS Infections BSIs
Patients n = 17 n = 5 n = 8 n = 9 n = 3 n = 2 n = 18
Bacterial isolates
Acinetobacter baumannii 13 (76.5) 3 (60.0) 6 (75.0) 8 (88.9) 2 (66.7) 2 (100) 15 (83.3)
Klebsiella pneumoniae 2 (11.8) 2 (40.0) 5 (62.5) 3 (33.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (27.8)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2 (11.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (22.2) 1 (33.3) 0 (0) 2 (11.1)
Escherichia coli 2 (11.8) 1 (20.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5.6)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5.6)
Polymicrobial isolates 3 (17.6) 1 (20.0) 3 (37.5) 3 (33.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
No isolates 1 (5.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Therapy
Days of therapy, median (IQR) 8 (2–14) 10 (7–10) 10 (4–24) 11 (8–22) 32 (24–37) 12 (8–16) 9 (7–18)
Monotherapy regimen 15 (88.2) 5 (100) 4 (50.0) 6 (66.7) 2 (66.7) 1 (50.0) 14 (77.8)
Combination therapy regimen 2 (11.8) 0 (0) 4 (50.0) 3 (33.3) 1 (33.3) 1 (50.0) 4 (22.2)
Outcomes
Microbiological eradication at EOT 15 (88.2) 5 (100) 5 (62.5) 8 (88.9) 2 (66.7) 1 (50.0) 14 (77.8)
Clinical cure at EOT 5 (29.4) 4 (80.0) 3 (37.5) 8 (88.9) 2 (66.7) 1 (50.0) 9 (50.0)
Clinical response in first 72 h * 11 (64.7) 4 (80.0) 6 (75.0) 8 (88.9) 3 (100) 2 (100) 16 (88.9)
30-D all-causes mortality 9 (52.9) 0 (0) 5 (62.5) 1 (11.1) 1 (33.3) 2 (100) 8 (44.4)

Where not otherwise defined, results are presented as the number of patients and their (%) on total. HAP = hospital-acquired pneumonia; cIAI = complicated intrabdominal infections; cUTI = complicated urinary-tract infections; SSTI = soft-skin tissues infections; CNS = central nervous system; BSI = bloodstream infection; IQR = interquartile range; EOT = end of therapy; * see text; 30-D = thirty-days.