Table 3. Treatment course and clinical outcome.
Patient No. | Type of initial infection | Initial treatment regimen duration (d) | Combined antibiotics | Time to negative microbiologic culture (d) | Infection relapse | Clinical outcome at 90 days |
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1 | Tracheobronchitis | 15 | Tigecycline | 6 | Recurrent tracheobronchitis | Alive |
2 | Pneumonia tracheobronchitis | 18 | Polymyxin B | 11 | Recurrent pneumonia | Alive |
3 | Pneumonia | 19 | None | 15 | Recurrent pneumonia | Alive |
4 | Pneumonia tracheobronchitis | 22 | Tigecycline | Respiratory colonization | Recurrent tracheobronchitis | Alive |
5 | Pneumonia tracheobronchitis | 16 | Tigecycline | 11 | 0 | Alive |
6 | Tracheobronchitis | 19 | None | 3 | 0 | Alive |
7 | Cholecystitis sepsis | 14 | Tigecycline | 1 | 0 | Alive |
8 | Pneumonia tracheobronchitis | 13 | Tigecycline | 2 | 0 | Dead |
9 | Pneumonia tracheobronchitis | 14 | Tigecycline | 9 | Recurrent tracheobronchitis | Alive |
10 | Tracheobronchitis | 14 | Tigecycline | 7 | 0 | Alive |