Impact of single room design on the spread of multi-drug resistant bacteria in an intensive care unit

Table 1 Definition of MDR Gram-negative bacteria [20]

	ESBL	carbapenems	fluoroquinolons	aminoglycosides	ceftazidime	piperacillin	cotrimoxazole
K. pneumonia	A	A	B	B
other Enterobacteriaceae^a			B	B			B
P. aeruginosa		C	C	C	C	C
A. baumannii		A	B	B	B

MDR multi-drug resistant
^a Proteus, Morganella, Serratia, Citrobacter, Enterobacter spp.
A: presence of ESBL production or resistance against this antibacterial agent or group is sufficient to define the microorganism as being MDR
B: resistance against 2 antibacterial agents or against at least 2 of the indicated groups is required to define the microorganism as being MDR
C: resistance against 3 antibacterial agents or against antimicrobial agents from at least 3 of the indicated groups is required to define the microorganism as being MDR

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