Table 5 Multi-drug resistant bacteria (MDRB) isolated from surveillance colonization cultures causing bloodstream infection
MDRB | Specimen from which MDRB were isolated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pharyngeal, no. (%) | Nasal, no. (%) | Axillary-rectal, no. (%) | |
Any MDRB | 5 (100) | 1 (100) | 12 (100) |
Gram-negative bacteria | 5 (100) | 1 (100) | 11 (91.7) |
Enterobacterales | 2 (40) | 1 (100) | 8 (66.7) |
ESBL-Escherichia coli | 1 (20) | 1 (100) | 5 (41.7) |
Plasmidic AmpC Escherichia | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (16.7) |
ESBL-Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) |
Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | 3 (25) |
MDR-Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) |
Class B carbapenemase (VIM type) Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 2 (16.7) |
Gram-positive bacteria | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) |
VRE | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) |