Table 1.
Characteristics of the 25 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae detected.
| Patient number | Age (years) | Sex | Year of sample | Wards | Specimen location | Subsequent clinical sample | Organism | Antibiogram |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMC | AMO | CAZ | CTX | CXM | ERT | FEP | FOX | MER | TAZ | ||||||||
| 1 | 83 | M | 2011 | Outpatient | Urine | E. cloacae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 2 | 62 | M | 2011 | Haemoncology | Sputum | E. cloacae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 3 | 67 | F | 2012 | Surgery | Drain fluid | Enterobacter sp | R | R | R | – | R | – | – | R | R | ||
| 4 | 80 | M | 2012 | ICU | Resistance screen | Yes | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| 5 | 57 | F | 2012 | Community | Urine | Klebsieíla sp | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 6 | 75 | m | 2012 | CU | Sputum | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||
| 7 | 86 | M | 2012 | ICU | Sputum | S. marcescens | R | R | R | R | – | – | R | R | |||
| 8 | 66 | M | 2012 | Surgery | Urine | K-Oxytoca | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||
| 9 | 53 | F | 2012 | Surgery | Unknown | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||
| 10 | 42 | F | 2012 | Medicine | Urine | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 11 | 89 | F | 2012 | Surgery | Urine | M. morganii | R | R | R | R | – | – | R | R | |||
| 12 | 46 | F | 2012 | Surgery | Abdominal swab | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 13 | 88 | M | 2012 | Surgery | Specimen | E. coli | R | R | R | R | R | – | R | R | |||
| 14 | U | U | 2012 | Unknown | Lung | E. coli | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||
| 15 | 0.92 | M | 2012 | Paediatrics | Resistance screen | Yes | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 16 | 33 | M | 2013 | Haemoncology | Blood - culture | E. coli | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||
| 17 | U | U | 2013 | Community | Urine | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 18 | U | U | 2013 | Community | Urine | E. coli | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | ||
| 19 | 1 | M | 2013 | PICU | Resistance screen | No | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | – | R | R | |||
| 20 | 51 | F | 2013 | Surgery | Hip swab | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | – | R | R | R | R | |
| 21 | 2 | F | 2013 | PICU | Resistance screen | No | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | – | R | R | R | R |
| 22 | 73 | F | 2013 | Surgery | Urine | K. pneumoniae | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |
| 23 | U | U | 2013 | Community | Urine | E. coli | _R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | |