One-year molecular surveillance of carbapenem-susceptible A. baumannii on a German intensive care unit: diversity or clonality

Table 1 Epidemiologic characteristics of 36 patients with hospital-acquired A. baumannii

Characteristics	Value
Age (years)
median (range)	62 (21; 80)
Gender
female	13 (36%)
Hospital stay at first isolation (days)
median (range)	19 (5; 62)
Source of first positive specimen^a
respiratory tract	14 (38.8%)
nose/throat (screening)	12 (33.3%)
rectum (screening)	7 (19.4%)
wound	4 (11,1%)
urine	2 (5.6%)
blood culture	1 (2.8%)
Infection
pneumonia	7 (19.4%)
wound infection	2 (5.6%)
urinary tract infection	1 (2.8%)
CLABSI	2 (5.6%)
Antibiotic treatment^b	30 (83.3%)
Surgery^b	20 (55.5%)
Non-surgical intervention^b	24 (66.7%)
Mechanical ventilation^b	14 (38.8%)
Dialysis^b	5 (13.8%)

^aexceeds 100% as first identification was done in two different specimens in four patients; ^bWithin a maximal interval of seven days before first isolation; CLABSI central line associated blood stream infections

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