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Table 4 Enterobacteriaceae isolated from ICU patients during 2000–2002

From: Emerging resistance among bacterial pathogens in the intensive care unit – a European and North American Surveillance study (2000–2002)

  

United States

Canada

Italy

Germany

Francea

Organism

Agent

Total n

%S

%R

Total n

%S

%R

Total n

%S

%R

Total n

%S

%R

Total n

%S

%R

Escherichia coli

Cefepime

10,356

98.1

1.5

207

98.1

1.9

1,426

98.1

1.4

2,830

98.6

1.2

4,358

98.9

0.6

 

Cefotaxime

9,086

96.5

2.2

3,231

96.3

2.5

1,748

94.5

3.8

5,828

97.8

1.8

9,362

98.8

0.6

 

Ceftazidime

14,574

95.3

3.0

4,438

97.7

1.6

2,548

94.7

3.7

3,924

97.9

1.6

9,164

97.8

1.2

 

Ceftriaxone

15,897

97.4

1.7

3,829

96.8

2.2

1,423

94.4

4.2

534

99.8

0.2

834

98.6

1.0

 

Ciprofloxacin

17,294

89.0

10.7

5,028

90.3

9.5

2,616

87.0

12.7

4,615

86.7

12.4

8,577

93.1

6.5

 

Gentamicin

20,581

92.4

6.5

6,654

92.8

5.3

2,650

92.2

6.6

4,825

94.3

5.2

9,442

95.4

4.2

 

Imipenem

15,353

100

0

3,386

100

0

2,254

100

0

5,172

100

0

8,994

100

0

 

Levofloxacin

14,920

88.2

11.6

776

85.1

13.9

496

86.5

13.3

3,137

88.2

11.0

NTb

NT

NT

 

Piperacillin-tazobactam

13,573

93.1

3.6

4,305

95.1

2.4

1,879

95.8

2.4

5,637

93.6

3.4

7,255

95.4

1.1

 

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

20,296

79.2

20.7

6,737

84.6

15.3

2,440

75.0

24.9

5,598

73.1

26.6

9,028

78.2

21.1

Klebsiella oxytoca

                
 

Cefepime

1,476

96.2

3.3

19

100

0

255

99.6

0

566

96.8

2.7

478

97.1

0.4

 

Cefotaxime

1,324

92.7

4.7

486

94.2

4.5

230

96.5

1.7

1,117

93.8

4.4

865

96.3

0.8

 

Ceftazidime

1,909

91.7

7.0

661

94.9

4.1

361

83.4

15.2

749

95.3

4.5

870

98.3

0.5

 

Ceftriaxone

2,035

89.9

6.6

536

93.8

2.8

197

81.7

2.0

83

97.6

0

79

87.3

2.5

 

Ciprofloxacin

2,226

92.5

5.9

745

96.0

3.0

368

96.7

3.0

905

90.1

7.8

815

94.5

4.8

 

Gentamicin

2,569

89.9

8.3

857

95.0

4.9

366

89.6

3.0

1,016

98.2

1.2

865

97.1

2.4

 

Imipenem

2,061

100

0

516

100

0

337

100

0

1,062

100

0

845

100

0

 

Levofloxacin

1,754

93.3

3.4

159

96.9

1.3

133

97.0

3.0

560

94.6

3.2

NT

NT

NT

 

Piperacillin-tazobactam

1,801

82.7

13.9

624

91.2

7.1

313

81.8

11.2

1,113

78.9

18.1

742

88.3

10.4

 

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

2,467

92.5

7.5

863

96.3

3.6

308

95.1

4.9

1,084

93.7

6.3

802

94.1

5.7

Klebsiella pneumoniae

                
 

Cefepime

7,276

95.8

3.4

98

100

0

552

93.5

5.6

1,068

95.7

3.5

840

95.6

3.0

 

Cefotaxime

6,243

91.0

6.1

1,411

97.9

1.5

850

76.7

16.4

2,414

93.1

6.0

1,553

94.4

1.9

 

Ceftazidime

9,597

88.5

10.1

2,238

97.5

2.2

1,142

69.8

28.5

1,665

90.0

8.2

1,591

92.5

5.2

 

Ceftriaxone

10,337

92.7

4.7

1,736

97.9

1.1

816

75.2

15.0

166

98.8

0.6

112

86.6

5.4

 

Ciprofloxacin

11,089

89.9

8.4

2,484

91.8

7.2

1,190

88.2

9.9

2,128

85.4

9.4

1,473

89.5

8.7

 

Gentamicin

13,012

91.6

7.0

2,906

96.7

2.9

1,211

81.4

14.5

2,065

91.6

6.1

1,553

97.1

2.7

 

Imipenem

10,263

100

0

1,766

100

0

1,066

100

0

2,351

100

0

1,567

100

0

 

Levofloxacin

9,626

91.0

6.4

485

93.4

3.7

287

78.4

21.3

1,228

92.6

4.4

NT

NT

NT

 

Piperacillin-tazobactam

9,359

85.9

7.4

2,160

91.5

2.7

746

82.2

14.6

2,408

84.9

8.3

1,286

89.4

5.1

 

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

12,641

88.6

11.1

2,924

92.8

7.1

1,103

82.0

18.0

2,324

82.2

17.2

1,443

88.2

10.9

Morganella morganii

                
 

Cefepime

566

95.9

2.3

<10

NA

NA

121

97.5

2.5

262

94.7

5.0

412

96.1

0.2

 

Cefotaxime

499

78.8

8.4

156

91.0

3.8

144

74.3

6.3

437

86.7

3.9

678

81.1

5.9

 

Ceftazidime

715

73.6

17.3

256

79.7

10.9

213

75.6

15.0

313

84.0

7.7

673

78.6

8.0

 

Ceftriaxone

806

91.1

2.2

219

96.3

1.4

125

91.2

3.2

22

86.4

0

57

84.2

5.3

 

Ciprofloxacin

841

78.1

20.7

292

94.2

4.5

220

87.3

9.5

344

97.7

2.0

634

88.6

8.5

 

Gentamicin

967

84.0

14.1

329

94.5

4.6

222

90.1

8.6

378

96.8

2.1

679

95.6

3.4

 

Imipenem

784

100

0

196

100

0

206

100

0

402

100

0

649

99.8

0

 

Levofloxacin

725

78.1

19.3

42

95.2

4.8

55

90.9

9.1

251

98.0

1.6

NT

NT

NT

 

Piperacillin-tazobactam

725

91.2

5.1

254

97.2

1.6

150

94.0

3.3

430

94.2

3.5

564

91.0

4.6

 

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

936

75.1

24.7

329

91.8

8.2

193

79.8

20.2

435

93.1

6.9

627

83.9

14.2

Proteus mirabilis

                
 

Cefepime

1,964

98.2

1.0

20

100

0

395

87.6

11.4

599

99.2

0.8

736

99.0

0.1

 

Cefotaxime

1,794

99.1

0.5

295

99.7

0

441

69.4

23.4

1,209

98.8

0.7

1,503

99.5

0.1

 

Ceftazidime

2,684

98.0

1.1

463

99.4

0.2

630

86.0

9.4

821

98.5

1.0

1,505

99.3

0.2

 

Ceftriaxone

3,034

99.4

0.3

392

99.5

0

385

80.5

13.8

77

98.7

0

72

100

0

 

Ciprofloxacin

3,169

85.2

12.7

504

95.2

4.6

657

70.6

22.7

980

92.9

5.1

1,424

90.9

6.8

 

Gentamicin

3,796

91.5

7.7

698

92.6

7.2

670

61.6

37.2

992

92.9

5.9

1,509

91.3

7.9

 

Imipenem

2,850

100

0

367

100

0

580

100

0

1,020

100

0

1,319

100

0

 

Levofloxacin

2,825

87.8

10.5

94

100

0

202

61.9

34.7

688

96.5

2.3

<10

NAc

NA

 

Piperacillin-tazobactam

2,715

97.7

0.8

449

98.2

0.2

465

95.7

2.8

1,201

98.6

0.8

1,231

99.3

0.2

 

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

3,706

85.2

14.7

708

89.4

10.6

615

61.6

38.0

1,159

80.8

19.1

1,411

79.7

18.6

Serratia marcescens

                
 

Cefepime

3,653

96.7

2.3

52

96.2

1.9

497

96.8

2.2

546

94.1

3.5

509

98.6

0.2

 

Cefotaxime

3,134

87.0

5.7

670

92.8

2.7

470

79.6

9.8

951

84.0

7.5

809

81.5

3.3

 

Ceftazidime

4,718

89.7

7.9

1,113

95.2

3.0

738

81.4

13.3

851

89.7

7.5

812

94.7

3.0

 

Ceftriaxone

4,710

90.5

4.6

846

95.4

1.7

444

86.7

6.3

160

45.6

0

115

77.4

4.3

 

Ciprofloxacin

5,006

91.0

6.7

1,292

85.0

11.7

757

83.5

4.5

978

72.6

12.4

787

78.9

10.5

 

Gentamicin

5,905

92.9

5.9

1,313

94.6

5.2

758

97.4

2.1

665

92.9

6.3

808

91.6

6.6

 

Imipenem

4,960

100

0

880

100

0

727

100

0

1,018

100

0

805

100

0

 

Levofloxacin

4,356

94.3

4.2

264

92.4

4.2

266

95.5

1.5

595

87.6

6.6

<10

NA

NA

 

Piperacillin-tazobactam

4,337

88.1

5.1

1,155

91.6

3.3

547

92.7

3.8

1,053

77.6

3.1

749

82.6

2.4

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

5,697

95.9

3.9

1,325

94.9

5.1

646

81.4

18.6

908

88.1

10.9

699

84.1

13.6

 
  1. aNCCLS breakpoints were used for all countries, except France (CA-SFM) bNot tested cNot applicable if <10 isolates were tested