TABLE 2.
Clinical characteristics of the 11 patients with Acinetobacter GS 13BJ/14TU bacteremia
| Patient clinical characteristic | Patient no.a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Age (yr)/gender | 12/F | 76/F | 57/M | 74/F | 80/M | 68/F | 85/F | 75/M | 83/F | 48/M | 42/M |
| Department/ward | CS/SICU | GI/ER | ID/7822 | ID/7862 | CV/8766 | RHD/B767 | CV/8761 | CV/MICU | HPBS/B866 | NR/U866 | KD/outpatient |
| Hospital days from admission to first bacteremia | 46 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 11 | Outpatient |
| Underlying diseases | Leukemia | Duodenal ulcer bleeding and perforation, coronary artery disease | Renal impairment, gout | Liver cirrhosis, gastric ulcer | Mitral regurgitation, heart failure | Dermatomyositis, DM | COPD, heart failure | Acute myocardial infarction, DM, renal impairment | Choledocholithiasis | Cerebral vascular accident | End-stage renal disease, DM |
| No. of blood cultures (days)b positive | 7 (0, 1, 2, 9, 11, 14, 17) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 (0, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8) | 1 | 1 | 4 (0, 4, 7, 8) | 1 | 1 | 2 (0, 6) |
| ICU stay | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Clinical status at positive culture | |||||||||||
| Previous use of colistin/other antibiotics | N/Y | N/Y | N/Y | N/Y | N/N | N/N | N/N | N/N | N/Y | N/Y | N/N |
| Previous use of steroid/neutropenia | N/N | N/N | Y/N | N/N | N/N | Y/N | N/N | N/N | N/N | N/N | N/N |
| Recent operation | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Probable primary site of infection | Necrotizing pneumonia | Primary bacteremia | Catheter-related infection | Pneumonia | Infective endocarditis | Pneumonia | Pneumonia | Primary bacteremia | Intraabdominal infection | Primary bacteremia | CAPD peritonitis |
| Invasive procedures at bacteremia onset | Tracheal intubation, CVC | CVC, TPN, GI endoscopy, NG tube, IVI, Foley catheter | CVC, hemodialysis | TPN | TPN | None | Coronary angiography | Coronary angiography/intervention, TPN | TPN | Tracheal intubation, arterial catheter, TPN, NG tube, IVI, Foley catheter | Peritoneal dialysis |
| Antibiotic therapy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Outcome of bacteremia/mortality | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive | Cleared/alive |
a
CS, cardiothoracic surgery; SICU, surgical intensive care unit; GI, gastrointestinal; ER, emergency room; ID, infectious disease; CV, cardiovascular; RHD, rheumatic disease; MICU, medical intensive care unit; HPBS, hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery; NR, neurology; KD, kidney disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAPD, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; CVC, central venous catheterization; TPN, total parenteral nutrition; NG, nasogastric; IVI, intravascular intervention; Y, yes; N, no.
b
Days are numbered relative to the time of first positive blood culture.