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Table 3 Antimicrobial exposure of patients with MC-CRBSI events

From: Surveillance of catheter-related infections: the supplementary role of the microbiology laboratory

Number of antimicrobials a patient had been exposed to % (n = 57)

  None

5.3 (3)

  1

21.1 (12)

  2

33.3 (19)

  3

15.8 (9)

  4

8.8 (5)

  5

7.0 (4)

  6

3.5 (2)

  Unknown

5.3 (3)

Antimicrobial agents, according to class, to which patients were exposed to # % (n = 131 exposure events)

  Carbapenems

29.8 (39)

  Glycopeptides

15.3 (20)

  Polymyxins (colistin)

10.7 (14)

  Antifungals

9.9 (13)

  β-lactamase inhibitors (piperacillin/tazobactam)

6.9 (9)

  Penicillin

4.6 (6)

  Folate pathway inhibitors

3.8 (5)

  Oxazolidnones (linezolid)

3.8 (5)

  Aminoglycosides

3.1 (4)

  Extended-spectrum cephalosporins

3.1 (4)

  Non extended-spectrum cephalosporins

3.1 (4)

  Rifampicin

2.3 (3)

  β-lactamase inhibitors (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid)

1.5 (2)

  Rifafour

0.8 (1)

  Macrolides

0.8 (1)

  Glycylcyclines (tigecycline)

0.8 (1)

  1. #Carbapenems = ertapenem, meropenem and imipenem; glycopeptides = teicoplanin and vancomycin; antifungals = fluconazole, amphotericin B and voriconazole; folate pathway inhibitors = bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) and dapsone; extended-spectrum cephalosporins = ceftriaxone (rocephin); non extended-spectrum cephalosporins = prophylactic cefazolin (kefzol); macrolides = clarithromycin.