Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-Ab) carriers from 5^th August to 30^th November 2009 in the intensive care unit

Patient	MDR-Ab culture site	Bronchofiberscopy	Patient outcome	MDR-Ab strain
A	Sputum	Yes	Survived	NA
B	Ascites, sputum	No	Died	G
C	Sputum, blood	No	Survived	C
D	Blood, sputum, catheter	Yes	Died	A
E	Blood, sputum, pleural fluid	Yes	Died	A
F	Bile, catheter, sputum	No	Survived	A
G	Blood, sputum, catheter	Yes	Died	A
H	Blood, sputum, catheter	Yes	Died	A
I	Sputum	Yes	Survived	A
J	Blood, sputum, wound	Yes	Survived	A
K	Sputum	Yes	Died	B
L	Sputum	No	Survived	D

MDR-Ab multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; NA isolate not available for analysis.