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Table 2 Description of the bacteria causing ICU-acquired infection

From: Derivation and validation of a simple score to predict the presence of bacteria requiring carbapenem treatment in ICU-acquired bloodstream infection and pneumonia: CarbaSCORE

Microorganism, n (%)

Total (n = 459)

Bloodstream infection (n = 188)

Pneumonia (n = 271)

Monomicrobial infections

233 (50.8)

101 (53.7)

132 (48.7)

Infections with two types of bacteria

85 (18.5)

30 (16.0)

55 (20.3)

Infections with three types of bacteria

20 (4.4)

9 (4.8)

11 (4.1)

Enterobacteriaceae

209 (45.5)

94 (50.0)

115 (42.4)

 Resistance 0

159 (34.6)

67 (35.6)

92 (33.9)

 Resistance 1

23 (5.0)

12 (6.4)

11 (4.1)

 Resistance 2

24 (5.2)

15 (8.0)

9 (3.3)

 Resistance 3

3 (0.7)

0 (0)

3 (1.1)

Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria

157 (34.2)

46 (24.5)

111 (41.0)

Pseudomonas spp. resistance 0

86 (18.7)

23 (12.2)

60 (22.1)

Pseudomonas spp. resistance 1

6 (1.3)

3 (1.6)

3 (1.1)

Pseudomonas spp. resistance 2

12 (2.6)

4 (2.1)

8 (3.0)

Pseudomonas spp. resistance 3

3 (0.7)

1 (0.5)

2 (0.7)

Burkholderia cepacia

4 (0.9)

0 (0)

4 (1.5)

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

22 (4.8)

8 (4.3)

14 (5.2)

Chryseobacterium spp. resistance 2

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

Chryseobacterium spp. resistance 3

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

Acinetobacter spp. resistance 0

9 (2.0)

3 (1.6)

6 (2.2)

Acinetobacter spp. resistance 1

2 (0.4)

0 (0)

2 (0.7)

Acinetobacter spp. resistance 3

3 (0.7)

0 (0)

3 (1.1)

 Other

8 (1.7)

1 (0.5)

7 (2.6)

Gram-positive bacteria

93 (20.3)

48 (25.5)

45 (16.6)

Staphylococcus aureus spp. resistance 0

34 (7.4)

7 (3.7)

27 (10.0)

Staphylococcus aureus spp. resistance 1

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. resistance 1

21 (4.6)

19 (10.1)

2 (0.7)

 Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. resistance 2

2 (0.4)

2 (1.1)

0 (0)

Enterococcus spp. resistance 0

15 (3.2)

15 (8.0)

0 (0)

Enterococcus spp. resistance 1

1 (0.2)

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

Streptococcus spp.

19 (4.1)

3 (1.6)

16 (5.9)

 Other

1 (0.2)

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

  1. Enterobacteriaceae resistance 0: cefotaxime-sensitive
  2. Enterobacteriaceae resistance 1: cefotaxime-resistant and non-ESBL-producing
  3. Enterobacteriaceae resistance 2: carbapenem-sensitive and ESBL-producing
  4. Enterobacteriaceae resistance 3: carbapenem-resistant
  5. Pseudomonas spp. resistance 0: ceftazidime-sensitive
  6. Pseudomonas spp. resistance 1: ceftazidime-resistant and carbapenem-sensitive
  7. Pseudomonas spp. resistance 2: carbapenem-resistant and ceftazidime-sensitive
  8. Pseudomonas spp. resistance 3: ceftazidime- and carbapenem-resistant
  9. Same classification for Chryseobacterium spp. and Acinetobacter spp.
  10. Staphylococcus spp. resistance 0: oxacillin-sensitive
  11. Staphylococcus spp. resistance 1: oxacillin-resistant and vancomycin-sensitive
  12. Staphylococcus spp. resistance 2: oxacillin- and vancomycin-resistant
  13. Enterococcus spp. resistance 0: ampicillin-sensitive
  14. Enterococcus spp. resistance 1: ampicillin-sensitive and glycopeptide-resistant
  15. Enterococcus spp. resistance 2: ampicillin- and glycopeptide-resistant