Table 4.
PFGE patterns and clinical characteristics of 41 CREL isolates obtained from Hospital C.
| Pulsotypes | Strain no. | Departments (n) | Specimens (n) | Years (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||
| Hepatobiliary surgery (17) | 19 | |||||||
| 1 | 19 | Intensive care unit (1), | bi (17), su (1), pf (1) | |||||
| Vascular Surgery (1) | ||||||||
| 2a | 1 | Intensive care unit (1) | ur (1) | 1 | ||||
| 2b | 1 | Intensive care unit (1) | pf (1) | 1 | ||||
| Neurosurgery (1) | ||||||||
| 2c | 4 | Cardiology department (1) | sp (2), ur (1), su (1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Respiratory Medicine (1) | ||||||||
| Intensive care unit (1) | ||||||||
| 3a | 1 | Burns surgery (1) | se (1) | 1 | ||||
| 3b | 1 | Burns surgery (1) | se (1) | 1 | ||||
| 3c | 1 | Hepatobiliary surgery (1) | bl (1) | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | Hepatobiliary surgery (1) | bi (1), sp (1) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Intensive care unit (1) | ||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Vascular surgery (1) | su (1) | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | Burns surgery (1) | se (1) | 1 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | Burns surgery (1) | ps (1) | 1 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | Burns surgery (1) | ca (1) | 1 | ||||
| 22 | 1 | General surgery | sp (1) | 1 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | Oral surgery (1) | sb (1) | 1 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | PICU (1) | ca (1) | 1 | ||||
| 27 | 1 | Orthopedics (1) | ps (1) | 1 | ||||
| 36 | 1 | Hepatobiliary surgery (1) | bi (1) | 1 | ||||
| 39 | 1 | Cardiology department (1) | pf (1) | 1 | ||||
| 50 | 1 | Pediatrics | bl (1) | 1 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30 | ||
bi, bile; su, drainage; sp, sputum; ur, urine; se, secretion; ps, pus; ca, catheter; bl, blood.