Table 3 Susceptibility of gram-positive organisms isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and brain abscess specimen sources. TSN Database USA 2000–2002.
Cerebrospinal fluid | Brain abscess | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organism | Antimicrobial | Total n | %Sa | %R | Total n | %S | %R |
Enterococcus faecalis | ampicillin | 229 | 98.7 | 1.3 | NDb | ND | ND |
chloramphenicol | 79 | 79.7 | 15.2 | ND | ND | ND | |
levofloxacin | 136 | 81.6 | 18.4 | ND | ND | ND | |
penicillin | 165 | 99.4 | 0.6 | ND | ND | ND | |
rifampin | 58 | 58.6 | 17.2 | ND | ND | ND | |
vancomycin | 239 | 98.7 | 1.3 | ND | ND | ND | |
Enterococcus faecium | ampicillin | 93 | 15.1 | 84.9 | ND | ND | ND |
chloramphenicol | 54 | 92.6 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | |
levofloxacin | 56 | 12.5 | 85.7 | ND | ND | ND | |
penicillin | 50 | 22.0 | 78.0 | ND | ND | ND | |
rifampin | 30 | 56.7 | 30.0 | ND | ND | ND | |
vancomycin | 96 | 38.5 | 61.5 | ND | ND | ND | |
Viridans group Streptococci | ampicillin | 95 | 62.1 | 6.3 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 |
cefotaxime | 174 | 85.1 | 9.8 | 32 | 96.9 | 3.1 | |
ceftriaxone | 220 | 87.3 | 9.1 | 33 | 93.9 | 3.0 | |
chloramphenicol | 100 | 96.0 | 3.0 | 14 | 92.9 | 0 | |
meropenem | 19 | 100 | 0 | 13 | 100 | 0 | |
levofloxacin | 90 | 96.7 | 1.1 | 24 | 100 | 0 | |
penicillin | 437 | 63.2 | 5.3 | 72 | 97.2 | 1.4 | |
vancomycin | 396 | 100 | -e | 44 | 100 | 0 | |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | cefotaxime | 313 | 80.5 | 7.7 (19.5 NSc) | ND | ND | ND |
ceftriaxone | 404 | 85.4 | 3.5 (14.6 NS) | ND | ND | ND | |
chloramphenicol | 180 | 96.1 | 3.9 (3.9 NS) | ND | ND | ND | |
meropenem | 76 | 78.9 | 7.9 (21.1 NS) | ND | ND | ND | |
levofloxacin | 283 | 100 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | |
penicillin | 565 | 59.5 | 16.6 (40.5 NS) | ND | ND | ND | |
rifampin | 70 | 100 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | |
TMP-SMXd | 233 | 65.2 | 27.5 (34.8 NS) | ND | ND | ND | |
vancomycin | 453 | 100 | - | ND | ND | ND | |