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Table 1 Characteristics of the seven allogenic stem cell transplant recipients affected by the outbreak (GvHD: graft versus host disease, SCT: stem cell transplant)

From: Successful termination of a multi-year wastewater-associated outbreak of NDM-5-carrying E. coli in a hemato-oncological center

Patient ID

Sex

Age (years)

First detection of NDM5-EC

Detection of NDM5-EC days after/before SCT

Samples positive for NDM5-EC

Status

Outcome

Died days after first NDM5-EC detection

Association with rooms

A

m

68

2018–05-15

154

stool

colonized

died of unrelated causes

24

1, 2, 4

B

f

57

2018–05-20

66

blood culture, stool

infection

died (NMD-5-EC sepsis, mucormycosis, multi organ failure)

9

1

C

m

44

2018–08-24

-20

blood culture, stool, throat swab

infection

died of unrelated causes

70

3, 6

D

m

49

2018–09-19

21

stool

colonized

alive

no

1, 2, 6

E

f

31

2018–11-27

22

stool, urine

infection

died (assumed NDM-5-EC sepsis, GvHD, multi organ failure)

215

1, 3

F

f

61

2019–07-03

30

stool, urine, throat swab

colonized

alive

no

1, 6

G

m

50

2019–11-12

33

stool, urine

colonized

died of unrelated causes

91

4, 5