Fig. 1

The occurrence of nosocomial A. baumannii infection in H7N9 patients during the timeline of the 2013–2014 H7N9 epidemic wave in the hospital. a. The weekly reported cases infected by H7N9 and A. baumannii, respectively, from December 2013 to April 2014 in Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Guangdong China. The first week to the fourth week of each month were denoted as W1 to W4. b. The linear correlation of weekly reported numbers of H7N9 patients and A. baumannii patients. c. The timeline of the laboratory test and clinical treatment of the H7N9 and A. baumannii co-infected patients. The corresponding dates for timeline were shown below as the horizontal axis. Flu: The persistent period for positive result of H7N9 RNA detected by RT-PCR; Baumannii: The period for A. baumannii positive; Admission: the date for the admission of the patient; Antivirus: the period for the anti-influenza drug therapy; Antibiotics: the period for the antibiotic use; Glucocorticoid: the period for glucocorticiod pulse therapy; Invasive mechanical ventilation: the period for the manipulation of invasive mechanical ventilation