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Table 2 Patients characteristics detected drug-resistant bacteria and choice of antibiotics

From: Combination of a multiplex pneumonia panel and Gram staining for antimicrobial selection to treat lower respiratory tract infection

No.

Pneumonia Panel

Culture test

Gram Stain

Geckler

Septic shock

 Antibiotics used before the test

Choice of antibiotics 

Resistance gene

Detected pathogens

c/mL

Detected pathogens

 

GNC

GPC

GNR

GPR

Fungus

1

 

Staphylococcus aureus

>107

Staphylococcus aureus

1+

-

2+

-

-

-

5

-

MEPM

No change (MEPM)

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

104

  
 

Streptococcus agalactiae

106

  

2

 

Escherichia coli

>107

Klebsiella pneumoniae

3+

-

4+

4+

4+

4+

4

+

Escalation (LZD)

 

Klebsiella pneumoniae group

>107

α-Streptococcus sp

2+

mecA/C and MREJ

Staphylococcus aureus

>107

Candida sp

3+

 

Streptococcus agalactiae

>107

  
 

Streptococcus pneumoniae

>107

  

3

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

>107

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1+

-

4+

1+

1+

-

5

+

ABPC/SBT

Escalation (TAZ/PIPC)

4

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

>107

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1+

-

1+

2+

-

-

5

-

CMZ

No change (CMZ)

mecA/C and MREJ

Staphylococcus aureus

105

  

5

CTX-M

Escherichia coli

104

Escherichia coli(ESBL)

1+

-

4+

1+

-

-

5

-

CEZ

Protocol (ABPC/SBT)

 

Streptococcus pneumoniae

106

Streptococcus pneumoniae

2+

6

mecA/C and MREJ

Staphylococcus aureus

106

Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)

1+

-

1+

1+

-

3+

4

+

Protocol (ABPC/SBT)

 

Enterobacter cloacae complex

105

Candida sp

1+

7

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

104

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1+

-

1+

-

-

1+

-

-

MEPM

No change (MEPM)

   

α-Streptococcus sp

1+

   

Candida sp

1+

8

 

Klebsiella pneumoniae group

>107

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2+

-

2+

2+

1+

-

3

-

Escalation (VCM+CFPM)

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

105

Candida sp

1+

mecA/C and MREJ

Staphylococcus aureus

>107

Staphylococcus aureus

2+

9

 

Moraxella catarralis

104

Corynebacterium sp

2+

-

1+

2+

2+

1+

3

-

Escalation (LZD)

mecA/C and MREJ

Staphylococcus aureus

104

Candida sp

1+

10

 

Staphylococcus aureus

104

Staphylococcus aureus

2+

1+

4+

1+

1+

-

3

+

Protocol (ABPC/SBT)

CTX-M

Escherichia coli

104

α-Streptococcus sp

3+

11

CTX-M

Acinetobacter calcoaceticusbaumannii complex

106

Citrobacter sp

3+

-

2+

4+

4+

-

3

-

ABPC/SBT

Escalation (MEPM)

   

Corynebacterium sp

3+

12

mecA/C and MREJ

Staphylococcus aureus

>107

Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)

3+

-

3+

-

3+

-

3

-

Escalation (LZD)

 

Human Metapneumovirus

 

α-Streptococcus sp

3+

  1. c/mL copies/mL, BLNAR β-lactamase negative ampicillin resistance, ESBL extended-spectrum β-lactamase, MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus GNC gram negatibe cocci, GPC gram positive cocci, GNR gram negative rod, GPR gram positive rod