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Table 2 Antibiotic-breakthrough catheter-related bloodstream infection pathogens according to receiving antibiotics

From: Microbial epidemiology and risk factors for relapse in gram-negative bacteria catheter-related bloodstream infection with a pilot prospective study in patients with catheter removal receiving short-duration of antibiotic therapy

Receiving antibiotics

Total

Organisms

Acinetobacter spp.

Pseudomonas spp.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Burkholderia cepacia complex

Escherichia coli

Enterobacter cloacae

Serratia marcescens

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

Citrobacter freundii

Proteus mirabilis

Chryseobacterium indologenes

Ralstonia pickettii

Carbapenemsa

23

9

6

4

2

1

1

Piperacillin/tazobactam

15

2

4

1

1

3

1

1

1

1

Vancomycin

14

5

2

3

2

1

1

Metronidazole

12

6

3

1

2

Tigecycline

9

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

Fluoroquinolonesb

9

2

3

1

2

1

Colistin

8

1

4

1

1

1

Ceftriaxone

8

3

1

1

1

1

1

  1. aCarbapenems refer to meropenem, imipenem, and doripenem
  2. bFluoroquinolones refer to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin