Table 1. Clinical and epidemiologic patient characteristics from an Elizabethkingia meningoseptica outbreak in an adult critical care unit, West London, UK, 2012–2013*.

Patient no.	Age, y/sex	Admission category	Date of E. m. acquisition	Hospital day of acquisition	Sample type†	Antimicrobial therapy immediately before E. m. acquisition	E. m. treatment regimen	Clinical outcome	PFGE designation
1	29/M	Trauma	2012 Jan 12	35	Respiratory	None	None	Discharged	NA
2	45/F	Medical	2012 Feb 27	9	Respiratory	TZP	None	Discharged	EZ1
3	58/M	Medical	2012 Mar 2	22	Respiratory	MEM + CAS	None	Discharged	EZ1
4	34/M	Trauma	2012 Mar 10	18	Respiratory	TZP	None	Discharged	NA
5‡	28/M	Trauma	2012 Mar 20	15	Screening	MEM	TGC	Discharged	EZ2
6	64/M	Surgical	2012 Mar 22	4	Respiratory	None	None	Discharged	NA
7‡	77/M	Medical	2012 Mar 28	10	Screening	MEM + MTZ	None	Discharged	EZ1
8	69/M	Trauma	2012 Apr 18	11	Screening	MEM	None	Discharged	NA
9‡	35/F	Trauma	2012 May 21	19	Screening	TZP + AFG	TMP/SXT	Discharged	EZ2
10‡§	35/F	Surgical	2012 Jul 16	14	Respiratory	MEM	TMP/SXT	Discharged	NA
11‡§	60/F	Medical	2012 Jul 21	22	Respiratory	None	None	Died	EZ1
12	55/M	Surgical	2012 Jul 27	14	Respiratory	TZP + VAN	None	Died	EZ1
13	43/M	Trauma	2012 Sep 13	6	Screening	MEM + MTZ	None	Discharged	NA
14	40/M	Trauma	2012 Dec 27	13	Respiratory	MEM + VAN	None	Discharged	NA
15	40/F	Medical	2013 Jan 3	31	Blood culture	MEM + MTZ	TGC	Died	NA
16‡	23/M	Trauma	2013 Jan 14	13	Respiratory	None	None	Discharged	EZ1
17	57/M	Trauma	2013 Jan 14	13	Respiratory	TZP + FCA	None	Discharged	NA
18‡§	19/M	Trauma	2013 Mar 26	25	Respiratory	TZP + MTZ	None	Discharged	NA
19‡	70/M	Vascular	2013 Apr 8	11	Respiratory	MEM + FCA	TGC	Discharged	Unique
20‡§	61/F	Trauma	2013 Apr 27	11	Respiratory	MEM	TGC	Died	Unique
21‡§	43/M	Surgical	2013 May 1	12	Respiratory	MEM +AFG	None	Discharged	NA
22‡	17/M	Trauma	2013 May 22	28	Screening	MEM + MTZ	None	Discharged	EZ3
23§	60/M	Medical	2013 May 30	13	Respiratory	TZP + FCA	None	Died	NA
24‡§	75/F	Trauma	2013 Jun 21	13	Respiratory	TZP	TGC	Discharged	NA
25	75/M	Trauma	2013 Jun 22	12	Respiratory	MEM + VAN	None	Discharged	NA
26	77/F	Medical	2013 Aug 2	22	Respiratory	TZP	TMP/SXT	Discharged	EZ1
27	31/M	Trauma	2013 Sep 15	26	Respiratory	MEM + VAN	TGC	Discharged	NA
28‡§	83/M	Surgical	2013 Sep 15	28	Respiratory	TZP + FCA	TMP/SXT	Discharged	NA
29‡§	32/M	Trauma	2013 Oct 10	11	Respiratory	TZP + VAN	TMP/SXT	Discharged	NA
30	48/M	Trauma	2013 Oct 29	34	Respiratory	TZP + VAN	None	Discharged	NA
31¶	34/F	Trauma	2014 Apr 12	1	Screening	None	None	Discharged	Unique

*AFG, anidulofungin; CAS, caspofungin; Dis, discharged; E. m., E. meningoseptica; FCA, fluconazole; MEM, meropenem; MTZ, metronidazole; NA, isolate unrecoverable for PFGE analysis; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; TGC, tigecycline; TMP/SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; TZP, piperacillin/tazobactam; VAN, vancomycin; TGC, tigecycline; AFG, anidulofungin.
†Respiratory sample types included nondirected bronchoalveolar lavage or endotracheal suction. Cross-infection screens comprise throat, rectum, nose, and groin swab specimens.
‡Patients in whom no other pathogen was identified in the 7 days before or after isolation of E. meningoseptica.
§Patients in whom chest radiography demonstrated new-onset signs consistent with a pneumonic process in the 48 hours before and after E. meningoseptica isolation.
¶Postoutbreak infection.