Table 1.
The demographic and clinical details of the patients with bacteremia caused by hypervirulent K. pneumoniae ST2096.
| Micro no. | Month of isolation | Unit | Clinical manifestation | Risk factors | Prior hospitalization | Therapy administered and duration of therapy | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA1602 | January 2019 | Surgery | Carcinoma ascending colon | Anastomotic leak with fecal peritonitis, MODS, fever, Cough | Yes | Polymyxin B, meropenem, teicoplanin, tigecycline | 16 days | Succumbed to death |
| BP3636 | March 2019 | Hematology | Fever and giddiness | Congenital sideroblastic anemia, Stem cell transplant—day 28 |
Yes | Meropenem, tigecycline, fosfomycin, colistin | 2 days | Succumbed to death |
| BA10334 | April 2019 | Gastroenterology | Persistent rise of temperature, recurrent vomiting, loss of weight | Disseminated tuberculosis, sepsis, pleural effusion | Yes, treated elsewhere for 10 days | Cefoperazone-sulbactam, meropenem, colistin, vancomycin | 10 days | Succumbed to death |
| BA10835 | April 2019 | Hepatology | Acute febrile illness with Jaundice | Acute on chronic liver failure, portal hypertension, Wilson disease | No | Tigecycline | 1 month | Recovered |
| BA25425 | August 2019 | Neurosurgery | Road traffic accident—head injury | Right subdural hematoma Temporal hemorrhagic contusion |
Yes | Linezolid, piperacillin-tazobactam, cefoperazone-sulbactam, gentamicin | 1 month | Succumbed to death |
| BA27935 | September 2019 | Casualty | Acute febrile illness with altered sensorium | Hypertension, intracranial bleed Hemiplegia |
Yes, treated elsewhere for 10 days | Meropenem | 1 day | Discharged against medical advice |
| BA28118 | September 2019 | Hematology | Acute promyelocytic leukemia Acute kidney injury |
Fever, multiple episodes of bleeding from gums/per rectum | No | Meropenem, tigecycline, polymyxin B, amikacin | 1 month | Recovered |
| BA32040 | October 2019 | Hematology | Acute febrile illness | Beta thalassemia post-allogenic stem cell transplant—day 280 Skin GVHD |
Yes | Colistin, meropenem | 15 days | Recovered |
| BA39100 | December 2019 | Hematology | Extramedullary granulocytic sarcoma | Invasive mucormycosis | Yes | Meropenem, tigecycline Teicoplanin polymyxin B |
3 days | Recovered |
GVHD, graft versus host disease; MODS, multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome.