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Table 2 Characteristics of patients developing subsequent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia

From: Sequence type 17 is a predictor of subsequent bacteremia in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium-colonized patients: a retrospective cohort study

Patient

Sex

Age

Underlying

disease

Neutro-penia

Genotype of rectal isolates

Sequence type

of blood isolates

Type of infection

Time interval between rectal carriage

and bacteremia (days)

Antibiotic treatment

Outcome of

Hospitalization

Vancomycin

-resistance gene

Virulence

factor

Sequence

type

Clonal

complex

A1

M

56

Cancer

van A

esp, hyl

17

17

N/A

Intra-abdominal infection

139

Linezolid

Alive

A2*

F

52

Myelodysplastic syndrome

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

17

17

17

Intra-abdominal infection

10

Linezolid

Tigecycline

Alive

A3

F

57

Leukemia

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

17

17

N/A

Intra-abdominal infection

33

Linezolid

Alive

A4*

M

67

Lymphoma

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

17

17

17

Intra-abdominal infection

7

None

Died of VREF BSI

A5*

F

62

Leukemia

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

17

17

17

Intra-abdominal infection

4

None

Died of VREF BSI

A6*

M

70

Cancer

van A

esp, hyl

17

17

17

Intra-abdominal infection

6

Linezolid

Tigecycline

Died of other cause

B1*

F

69

Liver cirrhosis

van A

hyl

389

17

389

Primary bacteremia

22

Linezolid

Died of other cause

B2*

F

51

Lymphoma

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

981

17

981

Urinary tract infection

12

Linezolid

Died of other cause

B3

M

78

Lymphoma

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

192

17

N/A

Intra-abdominal infection

8

Linezolid

Alive

B4

F

42

Leukemia

 + 

van A

esp,hyl

230

17

N/A

Catheter-related infection

43

Linezolid

Died of VREF BSI

B5*

M

48

Leukemia

 + 

van A

hyl

252

17

252

Catheter-related infection

3

Linezolid

Died of other cause

B6

M

54

Liver transplantation

van A

esp, hyl

978

17

1421

Intra-abdominal infection

162

Linezolid

Tigecycline

Alive

B7

F

58

Lymphoma

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

230

17

17

Intra-abdominal infection

103

Linezolid

Died of other cause

B8

F

55

Liver cirrhosis / transplantation

van A

esp, hyl

230

17

17

Intra-abdominal infection

37

None

Died of other cause

B9

M

56

Lymphoma

 + 

van A

esp, hyl

230

17

17

Catheter-related infection

40

Linezolid

Died of VREF BSI

B10

M

47

Liver cirrhosis / Liver transplantation

 + 

van A

hyl

1026

17

981

Intra-abdominal infection

187

Linezolid

Tigecycline

Alive

  1. *Patients who had identical ST isolates of rectal swab and blood stream infection; VREF, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus feacium; BSI, bloodstream infection; LT, liver transplantation; UTI, urinary tract infection; IAI, intra-abdominal infection; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; CRI, catheter-related infection; LC, liver cirrhosis; N/A, not available