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Table 2 Number of unique MDRO specimens by organism and specimen type

From: Patterns of multidrug resistant organism acquisition in an adult specialist burns service: a retrospective review

Organism group

Wound

Respiratory

Blood

Urine

MRSA

67

6

0

0

VRE

27

 < 5

 < 5

0

Pseudomonas (Group 1)

83

8

 < 5

 < 5

Pseudomonas (Group 2)

15

 < 5

 < 5

 < 5

CR Acinetobacter species

14

0

 < 5

0

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

65

 < 5

 < 5

 < 5

CRE

9

0

0

 < 5

ESBL-PE

43

 < 5

0

 < 5

Total

323

21

13

12

  1. CR Carbapenem-resistant; CRE Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL-PE Extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae; MDRO multi-drug resistant organism; MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus; Pseudomonas aeruginosa groups are defined by resistance to carbapenems (Group 1) or either piperacillin-tazobactam or cefepime (Group 2)