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. 2021 May 18;65(6):e00002-21. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00002-21

TABLE 2.

Type of infection, Gram-negative organism implicated, coadministered antimicrobial agents, outcome, and renal toxicitya

Patient Type of infection Treatment duration (days) Organism implicated Site of isolation Coadministered antimicrobial agents Outcome Renal toxicity
1 VAP 28 P. aeruginosa BA TZP, CLR Death No
2 Fever unresponsive to broad-spectrum ABx, colonization with CR, P. aeruginosa 10 P. aeruginosa Throat swab MEM, AMK, TEC Cure No
3 Possible VAP, colonization with P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii 20 P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii BA CIP, TGC Cure No
4 VAP 20 P. aeruginosa BAL fluid FEP, TEC Cure No
5 Sepsis 19 A. baumannii Blood MEM, AMK, LZD Cure No
6 Bacteremia 10 K. pneumoniae Blood MEM, GEN, SXT Cure No
7 VAP 20 A. baumannii BA MEM, AMK Clinical improvement No
8 VAP 10 A. baumannii BA MEM, TEC Cure No
9 Bacteremia 10 A. baumannii Blood MEM, GEN, TZP Cure No
10 Septic shock, VAP 15 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia BAL fluid MEM Death No
11 Septic shock 17 P. aeruginosa Blood MEM, VAN, RIF, CIP, AZM Clinical improvement No
12 VAP, bacteremia 10 A. baumannii Blood, BA TGC, TEC, AMK, TZP Cure No
13 Sepsis 23 K. pneumoniae Blood MEM, GEN, TEC, TGC, FOF, SXT Death Yes
14 Surgical trauma infection 20 A. baumannii Trauma site, BAL fluid MEM, LZD, TGC Cure No
15 VAP 28 A. baumannii, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa BAL fluid GEN, TGC Cure No
16 Septic shock 20 P. aeruginosa Blood MEM, GEN, TZP, SXT Clinical improvement No
17 Sepsis 17 S. maltophilia Blood CIP, TEC Cure No
a

ABx, antibiotics; AMK, amikacin; BA, bronchial aspirate; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CLR, clarithromycin; CR, carbapenem-resistant; FEP, cefepime; FOF, fosfomycin; GEN, gentamicin; LZD, linezolid; MEM, meropenem; RIF, rifampin; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TEC, teicoplanin; TGC, tigecycline; TZP, piperacillin-tazobactam; VAN, vancomycin; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.