FIG 1.

Clinical course and bacterial isolates. The red circles indicate clinical isolates of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing Achromobacter xylosoxidans. The black squares indicate clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae (non-MBL producer). The red square indicates a clinical isolate of MBL-producing K. pneumoniae. The numbers above each isolate indicate the day from surgery (living-donor liver transplantation). The red boxes without shading indicate the sites from which each isolate was isolated. The red boxes with shading indicate the isolates used in this study, the isolation sites of these isolates, and MBL production. The blue boxes with shading indicate the antimicrobial agents, and the length of the boxes indicates the duration of antimicrobial therapy for each agent. There was no treatment between POD 57 and POD 85 because this patient showed no sign of sepsis after isolation of MBL-producing A. xylosoxidans.