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Table 1 Geographic and microbiological data for isolates received during the TPN outbreak in Brazil

From: Molecular investigation of isolates from a multistate polymicrobial outbreak associated with contaminated total parenteral nutrition in Brazil

Source of isolates

Bacteriaa

EEC (Brenner XII)

R. radiobacter

A. baumannii

Blood

19 (16 pts)

9 (9 pts)

17 (11 pts)

Total parenteral nutrition

6

14

5

Calcium gluconate vials

0

3

0

Total

25

26

22

Original lab identification

Pantoea spp. (9)

R. radiobacter (18)

A. baumannii (16)

P. agglomerans (8)

GNFGNB (7)

UNI (6)

C. diversus (4)

UNI (1)

 

C. amalonaticus (1)

  

K. intermedia (1)

  

Kluyvera spp. (1)

  

Enterobacteriaceae (1)

  

Geographical origin

 Paraná

  Blood

14

5

17

  TPN

4

–

5

 Minas Gerais

  Blood

5

–

–

  TPN

2

–

–

  São Paulo

–

1

–

  Blood

–

–

–

  TPN

–

–

–

 Rio Grande do Sul

  Blood

–

3

–

  TPN

–

14

–

  CG

–

3

–

Hospitals Involved (cities)

 Paraná

5 (3)

4 (2)

4 (2)

 Minas Gerais

5 (2)

–

–

 São Paulo

–

1 (1)

–

 Rio Grande do Sul

–

3 (1)

–

  1. aAbbreviations: Pts Patients, TPN total parenteral nutrition, CG calcium gluconate, GNFGNB glucose non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria, UNI unidentified