Table 3.

Characteristics of four patients with central nervous system infections by Pseudomonas mendocina: treatment and outcomes. Values show cases among patients with available data.

Characteristic	Value
Male, n (%)	2 out of 4 (50%)
Age, mean (+/− SD) in years	69.5 (11.3)
Medical History
Community acquired infection, n (%)	2 out of 4 (50%)
Hospital acquired infection, n (%)	2 out of 4 (50%)
No known predisposing factors, n (%)	2 out of 4 (50%)
Treatment of P. mendocina CNS Infection
Third or fourth generation cephalosporins, n (%)	3 out of 4 (75%)
Carbapenems, n (%)	1 out of 4 (25%)
Outcome
Clinical cure, n (%)	4 out of 4 (100%)
Deaths due to the infection, n (%)	0 out of 4 (0%)
Deaths overall, n (%)	0 out of 4 (0%)

SD: standard deviation; CNS: central nervous system.