Table 1. Epidemiological and clinical data of patients and samplings.
Hospitals, n | 9 |
Strains, n | 56 |
Patients, n | 39 |
Environment sample, n | 11 |
Male patients, n (%) | 23 (59%) |
Immunocompromised, n (%) | 23 (59%) |
Death, n (%) | 8 (21%) |
Age, n (%) | |
Premature newborn | 12 (31%) |
Newborn | 4 (10%) |
1–25 | 3 (8%) |
26–59 | 9 (23%) |
60 + | 10 (26%) |
Unknown | 1 (2%) |
Ward, n (%) | |
Neonatology | 13 (33%) |
Intensive care unit | 6 (15%) |
Medical | 5 (13%) |
Hematology and Oncology | 5 (13%) |
Surgery | 4 (10%) |
Emergency room | 2 (5%) |
Bacteriology laboratory | 2 (5%) |
Mortuary | 1 (3%) |
Unknown | 1 (3%) |
Environmental sampling, n (%) | |
Surface of neonatology ward | 6 (55%) |
Incubator heater | 3 (27%) |
Milk on gastric feeding tube | 1 (9%) |
Catheter for sonogram | 1 (9%) |
The collection contains 56 strains from nine hospitals, 45 strains isolated from 39 patients and 11 strains collected on surface samples.