Table 4.
Sex, age (years) | Acquisition | Underling disease(s) | Devices | Methicillin susceptibility | Portal entry | Persistent bacteremia | Detail of Metastatic infections | Source control a | Antibiotics therapy (days) | Days to die from blood culture collection |
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Male, 63 | Health care- associated | Hemodialysis, hepatocellular carcinoma, | No | Susceptible | Unknown | Follow-up blood culture was not done |
Lung abscess (suspicion of septic emboli), TTE was not done |
Not done | Tazobactam/piperacillin (3) and vancomycin (1) | Three days |
Female, 87 | Health care- associated | Hemodialysis, diabetes, cAVB | Peripheral vein catheter | Susceptible | Unknown | Follow-up blood culture was not done | Not investigated, TTE was not done | Not done | Tazobactam/piperacillin (5), meropenem (1) and vancomycin (3) | Six days |
Abbreviations: TTE Transthoracic echocardiography, cAVB Complete atrioventricular block
aSource control (Days to source control from blood culture collection)