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Table 5 Type of microorganisms per infection site and their respective resistance phenotype.

From: Are there independent predisposing factors for postoperative infections following open heart surgery?

Site of infection

Type of microorganism

Infections

Ν

Number of isolates/Resistance phenotype

Pneumonia

Acinetobacter baumannii

3

3/MBL(-)

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

1/MBL(-)

Sternotomy site infection

Staphylococcus epidermidis

5

3/MRSE, 2/MSSE

 

Enterococcus faecium

1

1/VSE

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

1/MBL(-)

 

Acinetobacter baumannii

1

1/MBL(-)

Mediastinitis

Staphylococcus aureus

1

1/MRSA

Surgical site infection other than sternotomy

Staphylococcus aureus

1

1/MSSA

Bacteremia

Staphylococcus epidermidis

2

1/MRSE, 1/MSSE

 

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

1

1/MRSH

 

Acinetobacter baumannii

3

3/MBL(-)

 

Escherichia coli

1

1/ESBL(-)

 

Enterobacter cloacae

1

1/ESBL(-)

 

Enterococcus faecium

1

1/VSE

Central venous catheter-related infection

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

1

1/MRSH

 

Enterococcus faecalis

1

1/VSE

 

Acinetobacter baumannii

1

1/MBL(-)

 

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

1/ESBL(+)

 

Escherichia coli

1

1/ESBL(+)

Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) infection

Staphylococcus epidermidis

1

1/MSSE

Urinary tract infection

Escherichia coli

1

1/ESBL(+)

  1. MRSE: methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis; MSSE: methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis; MRSA: methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA: methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; MRSH: methicillin-resistant S. haemolyticus; VSE: vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus; ESBL: extended-spectrum β-lactamase; MBL: metallo-β-lactamase.