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Table 3 Rectal colonization with resistant Gram-negative bacteria at ICU discharge and at different time points after ICU discharge and number of resistance phenotypes (to ceftazidime, tobramycin, colistin, meropenem and ciprofloxacin)

From: Carriage of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria after discontinuation of selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) or selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD)

 

SDD

SOD

n

Number of patients colonized with any ARGNB (%)

Number of resistant bacteria (range of different bacteria per patient)

Cumulative number of resistance phenotypes (average number per ARGNB)

n

Number of patients colonized with any ARGNB (%)

Number of resistant (range of different bacteria per patient)

Cumulative number of resistance phenotypes (average number per ARGNB)

ICU discharge

507

22 (4.3)

23 (1–2)

49 (2.1)

489

87 (17.8)

97 (1–2)

195 (2.0)

E. coli

  

10

   

46

 

Enterobacter sp.

  

1

   

11

 

K. pneumoniae

  

1

   

9

 

P. aeruginosa

  

3

   

15

 

 other

  

8

   

16

 

Day 3

262

20 (7.6)

21 (1–2)

51 (2.4)

317

63 (19.9)

73 (1–3)

145 (2.0)

E. coli

  

6

   

34

 

Enterobacter sp.

  

3

   

9

 

K. pneumoniae

  

1

   

5

 

P. aeruginosa

  

2

   

9

 

 other

  

9

   

16

 

Day 6

326

25 (7.7)

26 (1–2)

51 (2.0)

323

61 (18.9)

64 (1–2)

124 (1.9)

E. coli

  

7

   

39

 

Enterobacter sp.

  

4

   

8

 

K. pneumoniae

  

1

   

4

 

P. aeruginosa

  

2

   

4

 

 other

  

12

   

9

 

Day 10

230

26 (11.3)

29 (1–2)

56 (1.9)

224

28 (12.5)

32 (1–2)

61 (1.9)

E. coli

  

7

   

15

 

Enterobacter sp.

  

1

   

5

 

K. pneumoniae

  

3

   

1

 

P. aeruginosa

  

4

   

5

 

 other

  

14

   

6

 
  1. Bacteria may have been present at ICU discharge or acquired after ICU discharge
  2. ARGNB antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria