A prospective survey of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and infection in the intensive care unit

Table 4 Prediction of clinical strain by screening sites according to diagnosis

Diagnosis	Clinical clone	Concordant screening sites				Discordant screening sites
Diagnosis	Clinical clone	EA	P	Rc	U	EA	P	Rc	U
VAP	A	+	+	+			+
	K2			+				+
	E1	+	+
	I1	+	+					+
	R	+		+
	S1	+	+					+
	S2	+	+					+
	U	+	+	+
Screen site utility for VAP (%)		7/8 (87)	6/8 (75)	4/8 (50)	NA	NA	1/8 (12)	4/8 (50)	NA
SSI	B1	+	+
	C2							+
	O			+				+
	P	+	+	+	+
Screen site utility for SSI (%)		2/4 (50)	2/4 (50)	2/4 (50)	1/4 (25)	NA	NA	2/4 (50)	NA
BSI	G	+	+	+
IAI	D1			+
Screen site utility for all infections (%)		10/14 (71)	9/14 (64)	8/14 (57)	1/14 (7)	NA	1/14 (7)	6/14 (43)	NA

VAP ventilator associated pneumonia, SSI surgical site infection, BSI blood stream infection, IAI intraabdominal infection, EA endotracheal aspirate, P pharynx, Rc rectum, U urine

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