Table 2.

Clinical characteristics and antibiotic treatment combinations of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia due to colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii - calcoaceticus complex (part 1)

	Patients’ number with ventilator associated pneumonia due to colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex
Isolate number of patients	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Culture location	TA	BAL	TA	TA	TA	BAL	TA	BAL
Phenotype of isolate	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
MIC of isolate	8	> 256	4	6	4	> 256	> 256	> 256
Treatment	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2
Clinical response	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Laboratory response	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Radiological response	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Microbiological response	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
VAP-related mortality	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No

Treatment 1: meropenem + colistin, Treatment 2: meropenem + ampicillin/sulbactam, Treatment 3: colistin + amikacin. MIC: Minimum inhibitory concentration; VAP: Ventilator-associated pneumonia; BAL: Bronchoalveolar lavage; TA: Tracheal aspirate.