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Table 1 Nosocomial infections and treatment

From: Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a human immunodeficiency virus infected patient with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome

ICU day

Bacteria

Fungus

Virus

CRP, mg/L

Treatment

MIC, mg/L

Administration route

Daily dose

Acinetobacter baumanii*

Pseudomonas aeruginosa**

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Enterobacter aerogenes

Candida glabrata

Candida parapsilosis

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

1

BAL/CAT

   

BAL/CAT

 

BAL/BL

93

Colistin

1

i.v.

13.5 m. IU

Ganciclovir

-

i.v.

0.8 g

3

SP

      

165

Colistin

1

i.v.

13.5 m. IU

8

    

BAL

  

77

Anidulafungin

0.125

i.v.

0.1 g

11

BAL

      

151

Colistin

1

i.v.

13.5 m. IU

16

 

BAL

     

286

Ciprofloxacin

0.5

i.v.

1.2 g

24

 

BAL/BL

     

22

Ciprofloxacin

0.5

i.v.

2.4 g

Colistin

2

i.v./inh

13.5/6 m. IU

28, 35, 39

BAL/ UR

      

149-157

Colistin

0.5-2

i.v./inh

13.5/9 m. IU

43

BAL/UR

      

162

Ampicillin Sulbactam

2

i.v.

36 g

51

 

BAL

     

98

Cefepim

4

i.v.

6 g

63

BAL

      

86

Colistin

0.5

i.v./inh

13.5/15 m. IU

65, 70

     

BL/ CAT

 

73

Amphotericin B

0.5

i.v.

0.08 g

75

  

CAT

CAT

CAT

  

90

Ciprofloxacin

0.38

i.v.

2.4 g

Cefepim

4

i.v.

6 g

Imipenem

1

i.v.

3 g

Amphotericin B

0.19

i.v.

0.08 g

77

   

CAT

   

108

Imipenem

<0.25

i.v.

3 g

  1. ICU – intensive care unit, CRP – C-reactive protein, MIC – minimal inhibitory concentration, BL – blood, BAL – bronchoalveolar lavage, CAT – catheter, UR – urine, i.v. – intravenous, inh.–inhaled, m. – million, IU – international units.
  2. *Acinetobacter baumanii was carbapenems (Imipenem, Meropenem MIC 32 mg/L), aminoglycosyde (Amikacin MIC 256 mg/L, Gentamycin MIC 24 mg/L) and cephalosporin (Cefepim MIC 48 mg/L) resistant;
  3. **Pseudomonas aeruginosa was carbapenems (Meropenem MIC 32 mg/L), cephalosporin (Cefepim MIC 12 mg/L) resistant.