TABLE 1.

Relevant clinical and microbiological data for all patients enrolled in the study

Patient no.	Apache II score	Infective diagnosis	Bacteriological outcome	Clinical outcome	Organism	Sitea	MIC (μg/ml)
1	14	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Acinetobacter baumannii	TA	0.25
					Klebsiella species	TA	<0.13
2	17	Nosocomial pneumonia	Failure	Failure	Acinetobacter baumannii	TA	0.50
3	17	Nosocomial pneumonia		Dropped out	Klebsiella species	TA	<0.13
					Acinetobacter baumannii	TA	>64
4	16	Sepsis (bacteremia)		Resistant organism	Acinetobacter baumannii	BLD	>64
5	16	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Serratia marcescens	BLD	<0.13
					Klebsiella species	BLD	<0.13
					Serratia marcescens	TA	<0.13
6	5	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Enterococcus faecalis	BLD	0.25
					Klebsiella oxytoca	TA	<0.13
					Staphylococcus epidermidis	TA	<0.13
7	12	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Acinetobacter baumannii	BLD & TA	<0.13 & <0.13
8	19	Nosocomial pneumonia		Superinfection	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	TA	<0.13
					Klebsiella species	TA	1.00
9	13	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Staphylococcus aureus	PF	<0.13
					Viridans group streptococcus	PF	<0.13
10	19	Nosocomial pneumonia	Failure	Failure	Klebsiella species	BLD & PF	<0.13 & 0.13
					Pseudomonas aeruginosa	PF	0.13
					Staphylococcus aureus	PF	0.13
11	23	Empyema		Inadequate source control	Streptococcus equinus	BLD & ICD	4.00 & 1.00
					Staphylococcus aureus	TA	0.25
					Klebsiella species	TA	0.13
					Klebsiella species	ICD	0.13
					Proteus mirabilis	TA	0.13
					Streptococcus milleri	ICD	0.50
12	14	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Acinetobacter baumannii	BLD	0.25
13	11	Soft tissue infection	No organism	Cure	None	None	None
14	9	Nosocomial pneumonia		Resistant organism	Acinetobacter baumannii	TA	>64
15	15	Soft tissue infection	Cure	Cure	Staphylococcus aureus	BLD	0.25
16	11	Neck abscess		Inadequate source control	Proteus mirabilis	Pus	<0.13
					Streptococcus milleri	Pus	0.25
					Pseudomonas aeruginosa	TA	0.50
17	8	Empyema		Dropped out	Enterococcus faecalis	PF	None
					Acinetobacter baumannii	PF	None
18	13	Nosocomial pneumonia	Cure	Cure	Acinetobacter baumannii	TA	0.13

^aTA, tracheal aspirate; BLD, blood; PF, pleural fluid; ICD, intercostal drain.