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. 2016 Oct 21;60(11):6774–6779. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00839-16

TABLE 4.

Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with colistin-resistant A. baumannii infectiona

Variable Result(s) for patient:
a b c d e f g h i
Age (yr)/gender 61/M 33/M 66/M 51/F 82/M 43/F 51/M 69/F 67/F
Underlying disease CBD cancer LT Hepatocellular carcinoma Fulminant hepatitis due to HBV flare-up Colon cancer, pelvic abscess Myelodysplastic syndrome on BMT LT Metastatic CBD cancer Supraglottic cancer
Acquisition Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset Hospital onset
Ward SICU SICU SICU MICU SICU BMT unit LT unit General ward MICU
Type of infection VAP, bacteremia cIAI, bacteremia cIAI, bacteremia HAP, bacteremia HAP, bacteremia primary bacteremia primary bacteremia HAP, bacteremia VAP
Clinical status
    Previous use of colistin Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes
    Previous use of carbapenem Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Recent operation Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Antibiotic therapy Colistin, vancomycin, amikacin Colistin, meropenem, vancomycin Colistin, vancomycin Meropenem, vancomycin, levofloxacin Meropenem, vancomycin, metronidazole Imipenem, vancomycin, levofloxacin Linezolid, levofloxacin Tigecycline Tigecycline, teicoplanin, rifampin, ampicillin-sulbactam
Microbiological eradication Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No
Mortality
    14 day Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
    28 day Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
    In hospital Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
    Infection related No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
a

Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; CBD, common bile duct; LT, liver transplantation; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; SICU, surgical intensive care unit; MICU, medical intensive care unit; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; cIAI, complicated intra-abdominal infection; HAP, hospital-acquired pneumonia.