Table 4 Antibiotic treatment with vancomycin or teicoplanin in patients with E. faecium BSI, including mortality rates ( n = 33)
Vancomycine/teicoplanin treatment cases (n = 33) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||||
Empirical | Mortality | Therapeutic | Mortality | Mortality | ||
At time of blood culture withdrawal | 3 | 2/3 | 1* | 0 | 29 | 11/29 |
(9.1%) | (66.7%) | (3%) | (0%) | (87.9%) | (37.9%) | |
After 24 hrs | 4 | 3/4 | 13 + 2* | 5/15 | 14 | 5/14 |
(12.1%) | (75%) | (45.5%) | (33.3%) | (42.4%) | (35.7%) | |