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. 2014 Nov 4;43(1):37–43. doi: 10.1007/s15010-014-0691-4

Table 5.

Treatment success rates (cure + improvement) in patients with multiresistant pathogens by drug-resistance phenotype (patients with evaluable treatment outcome; n = 215)

Treatment success  % (n/N) Patients with documented MRB infection
Any MRB VRE MRSA ESBL
Total MRB population 91.6 % (197/215) 97.6 % (41/42) 90.2 % (120/132) 91.0 % (61/67)
Intraabdominal infection (cIAI) 91.4 % (64/70) 96.3 % (26/27) 89.5 % (17/19) 91.4 % (32/35)
Skin and soft tissue infection (cSSTI) 94.5 % (52/55) 100 % (3/3) 94.0 % (47/50) 100 % (4/4)
Diabetic foot infection (DFI) 83.3 % (25/30) −(0/0) 83.3 % (25/30) 66.6 % (2/3)
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) 100 % (13/13) 100 % (1/1) 100 % (11/11) 100 % (5/5)
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) 86.7 % (26/30) −(0/0) 85.7 % (18/21) 88.8 % (8/9)
Blood stream infection (BSI) 100 % (22/22) 100 % (4/4) 100 % (15/15) 100 % (8/8)
Multiple-site infection (MSI) 81.5 % (22/27) 100 % (4/4) 76.5 % (13/17) 83.3 % (10/12)

Patients could have more than one MRB