TABLE 2.
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 |
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.