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Table 2 Comparison of Bacteria Between Conventional Cultivation Methods and 16S rDNA Sequencing Analysis in the Bacterial Infection Group

From: Clinical impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on bacterial pneumonia: cultivation and 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Age

Pneumonia type

Sputum

BALF

Prior antibiotics

Treatments

Clinical outcome

Culture

Culture

Clone library analysis

Predominant phylotype, %

S. aureus

GROUP A

        

 1

72

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 97.5 %

97.5 %

ABK

VCM

ineffective

 2

70

VAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 91.8 %

91.8 %

None

TEIC

effective

 3

78

HAP

MRSA

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 91.0 %

91.0 %

None

ABK

effective

 4

77

HCAP

MRSA

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 53.1 %

51.8 %

IPM/CS MINO

BIPM, PZFX + CLDM, CZOP + ABK

ineffective

 5

65

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 50.0 %

50.0 %

MEPM

MEPM+VCM

effective

 6

76

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Corynebacterium simulans 41.9 %

8.1 %

None

VCM

ineffective

 7

61

HAP

S. pneumoniae MRSA

MRSA

Haemophilus influenzae 35.3 %

3.5 %

MEPM

MEPM + VCM

effective

 8

87

HAP

MRSA

MRSA

Corynebacterium spp. 97.8 %

2.2 %

SBT/ABPC

TEIC

effective

 9

66

HAP

not analyzed

H. influenzae, MRSA

Haemophilus influenzae 84.0 %

1.1 %

None

IPM/CS + VCM SBT/ABPC

effective

 10

82

VAP

not analyzed

MRSA P. aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 94.6 %

0.0 %

IPM/CS

PZFX+VCM

ineffective

 11

61

HCAP

not analyzed

MRSA, Aspergillus fumigatus

Streptococcus spp. 90.7 %

0.0 %

DRPM

DPPM PZFX + CLDM/L-AMB + VCM/TAZ/PIPC

ineffective

 12

91

HAP

MRSA

MRSA

Streptococcus oralis 58.5 %

0.0 %

MEPM

LZD

effective

 13

87

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA, Neisseria

Neisseria perflava 95.5 %

0.0 %

TEIC

TEIC, AMK

effective

GROUP B

        

 14

81

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 100 %

100.0 %

None

DRPM

effective

 15

21

VAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 88.6 %

88.6 %

None

MEPM

effective

 16

73

CAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 60.8 %

60.8 %

None

GRX

effective

 17

76

HCAP

MRSA P. aeruginosa

MSSA

Staphylococcus aureus 57.1 %

57.1 %

None

TAZ/PIPC

ineffective

 18

81

HCAP

MRSA P. aeruginosa

no growth

Staphylococcus aureus 55.4 %

55.4 %

None

CZOP + CLDM

effective

 19

62

CAP

MRSA

MRSA

Staphylococcus aureus 48.7 %

48.7 %

FQ

CPFX

effective

 20

80

HAP

MRSA

MRSA

Streptococcus intermedius 56.5 %

40.6 %

None

DRPM

effective

 21

76

HAP

MRSA

MRSA

Corynebacterium spp. 25.3 %

18.4 %

TAZ/PIPC

SBT/ABPC

effective

 22

22

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA, A. baumannii

Neisseria elongata 81.2 %

15.1 %

TEIC

IPM/CS

effective

 23

81

HCAP

MRSA

MRSA

Streptococcus spp. 46.7 %

12.0 %

None

LVFX

effective

 24

85

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Streptococcus oralis/mitis 37.3 %

8.0 %

CPFX

LVFX

effective

 25

83

HCAP

MRSA, E. coli

MRSA, E. coli

Moraxella catarrhalis 69.2 %

7.7 %

None

TAZ/PIPC

effective

 26

76

HAP

not analyzed

K. pneumoniae, MRSA, Proteus mirabilis

Corynebacterium simulans 58.4 %

1.3 %

None

TAZ/PIPC

effective

 27

85

HAP

MRSA

MRSA

Fusobacterium nucleatum 55.7 %

0.0 %

None

LVFX

effective

 28

61

HCAP

not analyzed

MRSA, B. cepacia, F. mortiferum

Rothia spp. 45.2 %

0.0 %

None

MEPM

effective

 29

45

HAP

not analyzed

S. maltophilia, MRSA

Enterococcus hirae 25.8 %

0.0 %

None

MEPM

effective

 30

74

HCAP

P. aeruginosa MRSA

P. aeruginosa, MRSA

Streptococcus salivarius 43.0 %

0.0 %

None

MEPM

effective

 31

80

HCAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Streptococcus spp. 98.9 %

0.0 %

Unknown

LVFX

effective

 32

80

HCAP

not analyzed

MRSA

Streptococcus spp. 97.4 %

0.0 %

Unknown

LVFX

effective

 33

98

HCAP

MRSA

not analyzed

Streptococcus spp. 78.8 %

0.0 %

Unknown

TAZ/PIPC

effective

 34

80

HCAP

MRSA

oral bacteria

Neisseria spp. 55.0 %

0.0 %

LVFX

MEPM

effective

 35

82

HCAP

not analyzed

P. aeruginosa, MRSA, Streptococcus

Streptococcus oralis/mitis 70.7 %

0.0 %

Unknown

SBT/ABPC

effective

 36

64

HCAP

not analyzed

P. aeruginosa, MRSA

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 97.4 %

0.0 %

None

TAZ/PIPC + LVFX

effective

 37

86

HCAP

MRSA

K. pneumoniae, MRSA

Lactobacillus spp. 51.1 %

0.0 %

None

TAZ/PIPC

effective

 38

80

HCAP

E. coli, MRSA

oral bacteria

Streptococcus spp. 45.2 %

0.0 %

None

TAZ/PIPC

effective

 39

93

HCAP

not analyzed

MRSA, oral bacteria

Corynebacterium spp. 94.3 %

0.0 %

None

LVFX

effective

 40

81

HAP

not analyzed

MRSA, E. coli

Haemophilus influenzae 34.5 %

0.0 %

None

TAZ/PIPC

effective

 41

73

HAP

not analyzed

Enterobacter cloacae, MRSA

Enterobacter asburiae 70.0 %

0.0 %

None

DRPM

effective

 42

74

HAP

MRSA

Corynebacterium, MRSA

Corynebacterium simulans 98.9 %

0.0 %

TAZ/PIPC

TAZ/PIPC

effective

  1. Abbreviations: CAP community-acquired pneumonia, healthcare-associated pneumonia, HAP hospital-acquired pneumonia, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, ABK arbekacin, VCM vancomycin, TEIC teicoplanin, LZD linezolid, IPM/CS imipenem/cilastatin, MEPM meropenem, DRPM doripenem, BIPM biapenem, CZOP cefozopran, SBT/ABPC sulbactam/ampicillin, TAZ/PIPC tazobactam/piperacillin, CPFX ciprofloxacin, LVFX levofloxacin, GRNX garenoxacin, MINO minomycin, CLDM clindamycin, L-AMB liposomal amphotericin B, NA not applicable