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. 2019 Mar 17;11(3):265. doi: 10.3390/v11030265

Table 1.

Demographics and microbiology of patients requesting phage therapy at the Queen Astrid military hospital (n = 260).

Infection Types LRTI UTI SSTI ENTI BoneI OPI AbdI ND Other Total
Demographics
Number of requesters 59 79 21 22 16 14 9 12 28 260
 Age ≤14 1 3 3 1 1 9
15–29 2 1 1 1 5
30–59 5 11 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 37
≥60 21 26 9 6 4 10 2 1 2 81
ND 30 38 4 12 7 2 6 8 21 128
 Gender Male 23 33 12 13 10 11 5 7 20 134
Female 36 46 9 9 6 3 4 5 8 126
 Countries The Netherlands 38 69 5 14 5 7 5 10 21 174
Belgium 9 4 12 2 5 6 3 2 7 50
France 5 3 3 4 3 1 19
Germany 3 2 1 6
Luxembourg 1 2 3
Italy 1 1
Spain 1 1
United States 2 1 3
Israel 2 2
Unknown 1 1
Bacterial pathogens
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 36 7 8 9 3 2 1 4 70
Escherichia coli 3 29 2 3 2 2 2 1 44
Staphylococcus aureus 11 6 5 2 5 1 1 31
Klebsiella pneumoniae 18 1 2 1 2 24
Enterococcus faecalis 12 1 4 17
Proteus mirabilis 4 5 1 1 11
Enterobacter cloacae 6 6
Mycobacterium avium 3 3
Streptococcus pyogenes 1 2 1 1 5
Staphylococcus epidermidis 3 2 1 6
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae 1 2 3
Acinetobacter baumannii 2 1 1 4
Serratia marcescens 1 1 2
Staphylococcus capitis 1 1
Staphylococcus warneri 2 2
Borrelia burgdorferi 2 2
Burkholderia cenocepacia 1 1
Burkholderia multivorans 1 1
Enterobacter aerogenes 2 2
Granulicatella adiacens 2 2
Haemophilus influenzae 1 1
Morganella morganii 1 1 2
Moraxella catarrhalis 1 1
Cutibacterium acnes 2 2
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 1 1
Yersinia enterocolitica 1 1
Coxiella burnetii 1 1
Clostridium hathewayi 1 1
Helicobacter pylori 1 1
Corynebacterium amycolatum 1 1
 ND 8 22 3 5 2 2 3 5 12 62
Total 75 101 25 27 19 14 9 12 29 311
 Polymicrobial (caused by a combination of bacteria) 10 14 4 4 3 2 37

AbdI, abdominal infection; BoneI, bone infection; ENTI, ear-nose-throat infection; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; ND, no data; OPI, orthopedic prosthesis infection; SSTI, skin and soft tissue infection; UTI, urinary tract infection.