Table 3 Characteristics of selected E. cloacae isolates
Cluster | Number of isolates | Location of patients located in hospital 1 or 2 at time of culture | Period of detection | Resistance (n/n tested) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colistin | Tobramycin | ESBL | ||||
A | 49 | Intensive care unit (34 patients ICU 1; 5 patients ICU 2) | June 2009 – May 2014 | non-S (46/47) | non-S (46/47) | positive (41/45) |
B | 38 | Intensive care unit (29 patients ICU 1; 5 patients ICU 2) | December 2009 – August 2014 | non-S (37/38) | non-S (38/38) | positive (31/33) |
C | 3 | Ward (2 patients hospital 1; 1 patient hospital 2) | June 2013 – February 2014 | S (3/3) | S (3/3) | negative (2/3) |
D | 5 | Intensive care unit (3 patients ICU 1) | September 2009 – May 2012 | S (4/4) | S (4/4) | positive (4/4) |
E | 3 | Ward (1 patient hospital 1) | January 2014 – January 2014 | S (1/1) | S (1/1) | positive (1/1) |
F | 2 | Ward/outpatient (2 patients hospital 1) | July 2013 – August 2014 | S (2/2) | S (2/2) | negative (2/2) |
G | 2 | Ward (1 patient hospital 1) | February 2012 – April 2012 | S (2/2) | S (2/2) | positive (1/2) |
H | 19 | Intensive care unit (6 patients hospital 1), ward (5 patients hospital 1) | April 2010 – July 2014 | S (13/14) | non-S (13/14) | positive (7/14) |