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. 2011 Oct;12(5):345–350. doi: 10.1089/sur.2010.076

Table 1.

Organisms Cultured from Patients

Date of culture Site of isolation Microorganism
Patient A
 8/13 BAL Serratia marcescens
    Klebsiella pneumoniae
 8/21 Blood Pseudomonas aeruginosa
 8/24 Peri-rectal swab VRE
 9/5 BAL Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (MDRO)
 9/7 Blood Enterococcus faecalis
    Enterococcus faecium (VRE)
    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  Urine Candida krusei
 9/16 Urine Candida parapsilosis
10/7   Cohort day
    No further positive cultures
 10/28 Death  
Patient B
 5/31 Peritoneal fluid Candida albicans
 6/8 Peri-rectal swab VRE
  Blood E. faecium (VRE)
 6/25 Wound K. oxytoca (MDRO)
 7/10 Blood S. epidermidis
 7/16 Peritoneal fluid C. glabrata
    S. maltophilia (MDRO)
 8/12 Peritoneal fluid Aeromonas hydrophilia (MDRO)
 8/21 Peritoneal fluid C. parapsilosis
10/7   Cohort day
 10/21 Peritoneal fluid P. aeruginosa
 11/17 Death  
Patient C
 9/14 Peri-rectal swab VRE
 9/20 Abdominal abscess C. albicans
    Citrobacter freundii (MDRO)
    K. pneumoniae (MDRO, KPC)
 9/24 Blood E. faecalis
10/7   Cohort day
 10/14 Peritoneal fluid P. aeruginosa
 10/16 Discharge from ICU  
 10/28 Discharge to home  
Patient D
 9/28 Blood A. hydrophilia (MDRO)
    Escherichia coli
 9/30 Peritoneal fluid K. oxytoca
    Proteus mirabilis
    E. faecium (VRE)
10/7   Cohort day
 10/15 Discharge from ICU  
 11/1 Sputum P. aeruginosa (MDRO)
 11/6 Peritoneal fluid Providencia rettgeri
 5/3 Discharge to home  
Patient E
 8/17 Blood C. glabrata
 8/22 Wound abscess C. albicans
 8/24 Peri-rectal swab VRE
 9/12 Peritoneal fluid K. pneumoniae (MDRO)
    Enterobacter cloacae
 9/24 BAL E. faecium (VRE)
 9/26 Pseudocyst aspirate P. mirabilis (MDRO)
10/7   Cohort day
 10/10 Blood C. parapsilosis
 10/16 Peritoneal fluid C. freundii (MDRO)
    P. aeruginosa (MDRO)
    E. faecium
 11/30 Death  
Patient F
 9/14 Urine E. coli
 9/23 Urine C. glabrata
 9/28 Peri-rectal K. oxytoca (MDRO)
10/7   Cohort day
 10/8 BAL K. oxytoca
 11/3 Discharge from ICU  
 11/5 Urine C. freundii (MDRO)
 11/24 Discharge to home  

BAL=bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; ICU=intensive care unit; KPC=cCarbenapenase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae; MDRO=multi-drug-resistant organism; VRE=vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.