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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with B. cepacia colonization/infection

From: An outbreak investigation of Burkholderia cepacia infections related with contaminated chlorhexidine mouthwash solution in a tertiary care center in Turkey

Patient #

Age, year

Gender

Comorbidities

Admission diagnosis

VAP due to B. cepacia

Secondary infection

LOS to B. cepacia isolation

LOS in ICU

Outcome

1

75

Male

Chronic renal failure, myasthenia gravis

Respiratory failure

Yes on 11th day

MRSA pneumonia

11

55

Deceased

2

85

Male

Alzheimer’s

Community acquired pneumonia

No

Acinetobacter baumannii VAP

22

95

Deceased

3

86

Female

Sigmoid adenocarcinoma

Intraabdominal sepsis

No

No

2

23

Discharged alive

4

69

Male

Diabetes

Myocardial infarction

Yes on 8th day

No

8

45

Deceased

5

73

Male

Chronic renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Community acquired pneumonia

Yes on 60th day

No

60

130

Deceased

6

77

Male

Cervical spinal stenosis

Septic shock

No

Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia

56

56

Deceased