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Table 1 Basic information on patients with B. cepacia UTI

From: Investigation and control of an outbreak of urinary tract infections caused by Burkholderia cepacian-contaminated anesthetic gel

Item

Case number (n = 71)

Age

59.21

Sex (male)

51

Underlying diseases n (%)

 Bladder tumor

25 (35.21)

 Kidney stone or tumor

12 (16.90)

 Ureter stone or tumor

10 (14.08)

 Cervical cancer

11 (15.49)

 Other diseases

11 (15.49)

Department distribution n (%)

 Urology surgery

47 (66.20)

 Gynecology

11 (15.49)

 Oncology

4 (5.63)

 Other departments

9 (12.68)

Exposure operation

 Invasive operation of urology

66 (92.96)

  Rigid endoscope

32 (45.07)

  Flexible endoscope

20 (28.17)

  Resectoscope

7 (10.61)

  Unrecorded endoscope

7 (10.61)

Bedside catheterization

5 (7.04)

Antimicrobial therapy

 Quinolones

32 (45.07)

 Carbapenems

18 (25.35)

 Cephalosporins/others

11 (15.49)

 Untreated

10 (14.08)

PFGE tested strains

20

PFGE homology strains

17

  1. Totals may be unequal to 100% due to rounding
  2. IPC infection prevention and control