TABLE 1.
Patient | Age (yr) (sex)a | Underlying disease(s)b | McCabe and Jackson scorec | APACHE II scored | Time to BSI (days)e | Type of bacteremia | Source control (day)f | Duration of BSI (days)g | Time to initiation of therapy (h)h | Antimicrobial regimen (days of therapy) | MIC (μg/ml) fori: |
Patient outcomej | Time to death in days | ||
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Aminoglycoside | Carbapenem | Other | |||||||||||||
22 | 58 (F) | Lung transplant | 3 | 13 | 17 | Primary | Catheter removal (2) | 1 | 87 | Gentamicin (9) | 1 | NA | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
29 | 28 (M) | Pancreatitis, DM | 3 | 3 | 25 | Primary | Catheter removal (1) | 1 | 110 | Gentamicin (14) | 2 | NA | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
103 | 64 (M) | Parkinson's disease, cholangitis | 3 | 19 | 16 | Secondary abdominal | IR-guided drainage of pancreatic abscess (2) | 1 | 65 | Gentamicin (13) | 0.5 | NA | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
140 | 45 (F) | Multivisceral transplant | 3 | 17 | 0 | Primary | Port and catheter removal (4) | 7 | 114 | Gentamicin + doripenem (21) | 1 | 8 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
88 | 85 (F) | Pancreatitis | 3 | 8 | 4 | Secondary abdominal | None | 1 | 52 | Gentamicin + ertapenem (14) | 0.5 | 8 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
116 | 56 (F) | Liver transplant | 3 | 20 | 1 | Secondary abdominal | Biliary stent removal (11) | 1 | 64 | Gentamicin + doripenem (14) | 1 | 32 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
117 | 55 (M) | Liver transplant | 3 | 10 | 1 | Secondary abdominal | None | 1 | 67 | Gentamicin + doripenem (10) | 0.5 | 8 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
79 | 53 (M) | ESRD | 2 | 14 | 25 | Secondary wound | Bedside debridement | 1 | 22 | Gentamicin + doripenem (14) | 0.5 | 8 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
138 | 63 (M) | AML, febrile neutropenia | 3 | 14 | 48 | Primary | Catheter removal (4) | 2 | 36 | Gentamicin + ciprofloxacin + meropenem (14) | 0.5 | 2 | Cipro, 0.06 | Clinical success | Alive |
144 | 33 (M) | Paraplegia | 3 | 9 | 8 | Primary | Catheter removal (2 and 7) | 6 | 63 | Gentamicin (3) + meropenem-RPX7009 (8) | 0.5 | 8 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
142 | 70 (M) | DM s/p cardiac arrest | 2 | 29 | 1 | Secondary respiratory tract | None | 1 | 75 | Gentamicin (7) + inhaled gent (7) meropenm (14) | 0.5 | 2 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
119 | 57 (M) | Kidney transplant | 3 | 15 | 48 | Secondary urinary tract | Foley catheter removed (1) | 5 | 31 | Gentamicin + doripenem (18) | 1 | 4 | NA | Clinical success | Alive |
120 | 58 (M) | ESLD, CCA | 2 | 16 | 3 | Secondary abdominal | PTC catheter exchange (6) | 2 | 60 | Gentamicin + doripenem (15) | 1 | 256 | NA | Clinical success | 33 (due to underlying disease) |
69 | 69 (M) | HIV, Burkitt's lymphoma | 2 | 26 | 12 | Primary | None | 1 | 59 | Gentamicin (10) + colistin (8) + meropenem (12) | 0.5 | 256 | Colistin, 0.25 | Clinical success | 81 (due to Pseudomonas BSI) |
66 | 74 (M) | CHF, DM | 2 | 12 | 7 | Primary | Catheter removal (3) | 2 | 94 | Gentamicin (6) | 1 | NA | NA | Clinical success | 84 (due to underlying disease) |
49 | 65 (M) | Liver transplant and ESRD | 2 | 19 | 5 | Primary | Catheter removal (2) | 5 | 86 | Gentamicin (14) | 2 | NA | NA | Clinical success | 73 (due to underlying disease) |
30 | 30 (M) | Lung transplant | 3 | 21 | 72 | Primary | Catheter removal (4) | 3 | 95 | Gentamicin (7) | 0.25 | NA | NA | Clinical success | 564 (due to underlying disease) |
121 | 32 (M) | Multivisceral transplant | 3 | 11 | 91 | Primary | Catheter exchange over wire (1), and then removed (3) | 3 | 55 | Gentamicin + doripenem (15) | 0.5 | 256 | NA | Clinical success | 126 (due to relapse CR-K. pneumoniae BSI) |
61 | 84 (F) | ESRD, chronic respiratory failure, CAD | 2 | 35 | 1 | Primary | Catheter removed (1) | 1 | 4 | Gentamicin + meropenem (5) | 1 | 8 | NA | Failure due to death | 6 |
999 | 64 (M) | Liver transplant | 3 | 15 | 3 | Secondary abdominal | Biliary balloon dilation (2) | 7 | 72 | Gentamicin + doripenem (4) | 4 | 8 | NA | Failure due to death | 7 |
127 | 54 (M) | Liver transplant and AML | 1 | 17 | 8 | Secondary urinary tract | None | 3 | 70 | Gentamicin + colistin + meropenem (5) | 0.5 | 4 | Colistin, 16 | Failure due to death | 8 |
89 | 67 (F) | Rheumatoid arthritis | 1 | 16 | 10 | Secondary abdominal | None | 1 | 66 | Gentamicin (6) | 0.25 | NA | NA | Failure due to death | 9 |
37 | 85 (F) | Chronic respiratory failure and CAD | 2 | 20 | 2 | Primary | Catheter removal (1) | 1 | 26 | Gentamicin (5) | 1 | NA | NA | Failure due to death | 10 |
78 | 57 (M) | Alcoholic cirrhosis | 2 | 25 | 14 | Secondary respiratory tract | None | 1 | 55 | Gentamicin + colistin + doripenem (7) | 0.25 | 128 | Colistin, 4 | Failure due to death | 10 |
64 | 62 (F) | Pancreatic CA | 1 | 8 | 69 | Secondary abdominal | None | 1 | 97 | Gentamicin (6) | 1 | NA | NA | Failure due to death | 14 |
128 | 66 (M) | ESLD, ESRD | 2 | 26 | 19 | Secondary abdominal | Chronic cholecyctostomy tube | 1 | 28 | Gentamicin + doripenem (14) | 0.5 | 128 | NA | Failure due to death | 19 |
74 | 61 (F) | ESRD | 2 | 15 | 52 | Secondary wound/bone | Multiple bedside debridements and wound vacuum | 1 | 46 | Gentamicin + meropenem (14) | 0.5 | 128 | NA | Failure due to death | 22 |
131 | 73 (F) | Cholangiocarcinoma | 2 | 26 | 3 | Secondary abdominal | None | 4 | 83 | Amikacin + doripenem (23) | 16 | 2 | NA | Failure due to death | 30 |
114 | 56 (M) | Liver transplant | 3 | 25 | 1 | Secondary abdominal | Biliary stent removal (2), biliary drainage and PTC catheter placement (12) | 4 | 43 | Gentamicin + doripenem (18) | 1 | 16 | NA | Failure due to persistent IAI | 35 |
136 | 52 (M) | Pancreatic cancer | 2 | 13 | 4 | Primary | Port removed (2) | 1 | 33 | Gentamicin + meropenem (10) | 1 | 8 | NA | Failure due to recurrent BSI (day 20) | NAk |
39 | 65 (M) | Liver transplant | 2 | 18 | 1 | Secondary abdominal | Balloon dilation of choledocojejunostomy to remove stone (6) | 4 | 37 | Gentamicin (10) | 2 | NA | NA | Failure due to recurrent BSI (day 10) and new IAI (day 11) | 1,044 |
48 | 60 (M) | Liver transplant | 2 | 22 | 61 | Secondary abdominal | Abdominal washout (9) | 11 | 127 | Gentamicin + colistin + doripenem (8) | 0.5 | 64 | Colistin, 0.25 | Failure due to persistent BSI requiring change of therapy | Alive |
91 | 60 (M) | Pancreatitis | 3 | 18 | 7 | Secondary abdominal | Percutaneous drainage (3) | 1 | 23 | Gentamicin + doripenem (14) | 0.5 | 16 | NA | Failure due to persistent IAI requiring change of therapy | Alive |
F, female; M, male.
DM, diabetes mellitus; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; s/p, status-post; ESLD, end-stage liver disease; CCA, cholangiocarcinoma; CHF, congestive heart failure; CAD, coronary artery disease; CA, cancer.
As defined by the McCabe and Jackson classification of underlying diseases (16), where 1 = rapidly fatal, 2 = ultimately fatal, and 3 = nonfatal.
At the onset of bloodstream infection.
Time from hospital admission to positive blood culture. BSI, bloodstream infection (bacteremia).
IR, infrared; PTC, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography.
Days of positive blood cultures.
Time from collection of blood culture to first dose of combination therapy.
NA, not available.
IAI, intra-abdominal infection.
Discharged to hospice, so date of death was not available.