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. 2005 Nov;49(11):4485–4491. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.11.4485-4491.2005

TABLE 3.

Clinical features of patients and characteristics of A. baumannii isolates with blaSIM-1 cassette-carrying class 1 integrons

Patient no. Isolatea Age (yrs)/sex Underlying disease Hospital ward Days since admissionb Previous antimicrobial therapy (days)c Specimen/ diagnosisc MIC (μg/ml)c
PFGE pattern
SAM PIP CTX CAZ FEP ATM IPM MEM GEN TOB AMK CIP
1 03/9/T104 9/F Cerebral palsy Intensive care unit 30 MEM (12), ATM (9), FEP (5) Sputum/ pneumonia 16 64 >256 >256 64 128 8 16 16 16 128 0.5 A1
2 04/5/U2266 66/F Hypothyroidism, osteoporosis, hypertension Outpatient NA ROX (10) Urine/UTI 16 64 >256 >256 64 128 8 16 16 16 128 0.5 A1
3 04/8/U1575 64/M Herniated lumbar disc Internal medicine 9 FMX (7) Urine/UTI 16 32 >256 >256 64 128 16 16 16 16 128 0.5 A2
4 04/11/U1817 45/M Intracranial hemorrhage Internal medicine 11 ISP (8), CTX (7), CFM (4) Urine/UTI 16 32 >256 >256 64 128 8 16 16 16 128 0.5 A2
5 04/12/U575 13/M Chronic myelogenous leukemia Pediatrics 4 None Urine/UTI 16 128 >256 >256 128 128 16 16 16 16 128 0.5 B1
6 04/12/U837 5/M Acute lymphocytic leukemia Pediatrics 3 AMC (4) Urine/UTI 16 256 >256 >256 64 128 8 16 16 16 128 0.5 B1
7 04/12/U1398 3/M Acute myelogenous leukemia Pediatrics 3 SXT (3), AMC (2), ISP (2) Urine/UTI 16 128 >256 >256 128 128 8 16 16 16 64 0.5 B2
a

The first two numbers, separated by a slash, indicate the year and month of isolation, respectively.

b

Days between admission and the isolation of SIM-1-producing A. baumannii.

c

Abbreviations: SAM, ampicillin-sulbactam; PIP, piperacillin; CTX, cefotaxime; CAZ, ceftazidime; FEP, cefepime; ATM, aztreonam; IPM, imipenem; MEM, meropenem; GEN, gentamicin; TOB, tobramycin; AMK, amikacin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; ROX, roxithromycin; FMX, flomoxef; ISP, isepamycin; CFM, cefixime; AMC, amoxicillin-clavulanate; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; NA, not applicable; UTI, urinary tract infection.