TABLE 1.

Clinical data on the patients examined in this study

Patient no.	Age	Gender	Specimen	Concomitant infections and organisms	Diagnosis	Underlying comorbidity	Antibiotic exposure	Patient status	Antifungal treatment
1	11 yr	M	Bronchoalveolar lavage	Alpha-hemolytic streptococci	Bronchiolitis obliterans, organizing pneumonia	Bronchiectasis	Ampicillin, azithromycin, cefotaxime, primethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	Inpatient	No
2	15 yr	F	Tracheal aspirate	None	Acute respiratory failure	Down syndrome, CHFb	Cefotaxime, vancomycin, erythromycin	Inpatient	No
3	17 yr	F	Sputum	Coagulase-negative, staphylococcus, bloodstream infection	Hypoxia, megacolon, necrotizing enterocolitis	Spina bifida, ventriculoatrial shunt	Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, oxacillin	Inpatient	No
4	19 yr	F	Sputum	Nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa, mucoid P. aeruginosa, Aspergillus fumigatus	Pseudomonas pneumonia	Cystic fibrosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis	Tobramycin, ceftazidime, meropenem, itraconazole	Inpatient	No
5	16 yr	M	Sputum	None	Pulmonary fibrosis	HIV infection, chronic renal failure, cardiomyopathy	Ampicillin-sulbactam, metronidazole, gentamicin, azithromycin, ticarcillin-clavulanate	Inpatient	Yes (fluconazole)
6	5 yr	M	Blood	Staphylococcus epidermidis	Port infection	Factor VIII, deficiency	Vancomycin, gentamicin, oxacillin, clindamycin	Inpatient	Yes (amphotericin B, fluconazole)
7	2 wk	M	Tongue	None	Thrush	None	None	Outpatient	NAf
8	14 yr	F	Vagina	None	Vaginitis	None	None	Outpatient	NA
9	15 yr	F	Vagina	Staphylococcus aureus	Vaginitis	None	None	Outpatient	NA
10	2 yr	F	Skin	None	Diaper rash	None	None	Outpatient	NA
11	16 yr	M	Abscess	Abscess, Cx + normal skin flora	Renal perirenal abscess, inpatient rehabilitation	Status post gunshot wound, resection of left kidney, spleen, and pancreatic tail; open abdominal wound, colostomy	None	Inpatient	Yes (fluconazole)
12	18 yr	F	Urine	Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis Trichomonas vaginalis	Gonococcal salpingitis	Asthma fibromyalgia	Gentamicin, clindamycin	Inpatient	Yes (fluconazole)
13	19 yr	F	Urine	Escherichia coli, coagulase-negative staphylococci	Urinary tract infection	None	Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	Outpatient, (ED)e	No
14	14 yr	F	Urine	Enterococcus sp., Corynebacterium sp.	Nephrolithiasis	Arnold-Chiari malformation VPd shunt, neurogenic bladder	Gentamicin, ampicillin	Inpatient	Yes (amphotericin B)

^aM, male; F, female.

^bCHF, congestive heart failure.

^cCx⁺, culture positive.

^dVP, ventriculoperitoneal.

^eED, emergency department.

^fNA, not available.