Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of cases with an ICU-linked acquisition with date and site of isolation of VIM-PA (N = 16)
Patient | Gender | Age (years) | Date of isolation of VIM-PA | Culture site | Initial site of infection or colonisation | Final outcome | Selective oral decontamination | Immunosupression/comorbidities | Site of acquisition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | 61 | 2018-03-16 | Urine | Urine colonisation | Discharge | no | Chronic kidney disease | Possible ICU |
2 | F | 55 | 2018-04-09 | Urine | Urine colonisation | Discharge | no | Renal transplant | Possible ICU |
3 | M | 67 | 2018-10-15 | Perianal swab | Intestinal colonisation | Discharge | no | Severe aplastic anemia | ICU |
4 | F | 67 | 2019-01-21 | Wound | Wound colonisation | Discharge | no | Asthma, rheumatoid polyarthritis | Possible ICU |
5 | M | 33 | 2019-06-16 | Tracheal secretion, perianal swab | Respiratory tract colonisation and intestinal colonisation | Discharge | no | Tetraparesis | ICU |
6 | M | 61 | 2019-11-11 | Urine, wound, perianal swab | Urine and intestinal colonisation and sacral pressure ulcer | Discharge | no | HIV, Lymphoma B | ICU |
7 | M | 66 | 2019-12-31 | Urine | Urine colonisation | Discharge | no | Renal transplant | Possible ICU |
8 | M | 67 | 2020-02-03 | LBA, perianal swab | Peritonitis, intestinal colonisation | Discharge | yes | ICU | |
9 | F | 35 | 2020-03-21 | Blood | Bloodstream infection, septic choc | Death | yes | Renal transplant, hematologic malignancy | ICU |
10 | M | 56 | 2020-06-07 | Perianal swab, urine, sputum | Intestinal and urine colonisation | Discharge | no | Chronic cardiac disease | ICU |
11 | M | 75 | 2020-06-28 | Perianal swab | Intestinal colonisation | Death | no | ICU | |
12 | M | 68 | 2020-08-01 | Urine, blood | Urinary tract infection, bloodstream infection | Discharge | yes | Renal transplant | ICU |
13 | F | 16 | 2020-08-09 | Urine | Intestinal and urine colonisation | Discharge | yes | Renal and liver transplant | ICU |
14 | F | 43 | 2020-08-26 | Wound sacral | Intestinal colonisation and wound (sacral pressure ulcer) | Discharge | no | Denutrition | ICU |
15 | F | 75 | 2020-09-07 | Perianal swab | Intestinal colonisation | Discharge | yes | ICU | |
16 | M | 53 | 2020-09-14 | Perianal swab, urine | Intestinal and respiratory tract colonisation, orchi-epididymitis | Discharge | no | Stem cell transplant | ICU |