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Table 1 Comparison of susceptibility breakpoints for cefazolin

From: Effect of the 2014 Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute urine-specific breakpoints on cefazolin susceptibility rates at a community teaching hospital

Cefazolin

Susceptible (mcg/mL)

Intermediate (mcg/mL)

Resistant (mcg/mL)

CLSI guidelines: revisions to serum breakpoints

 Pre-2010

≤8

16

≥32

 2010–2014

≤1

2

≥4

CLSI guidelines: addition of urine-specific breakpoint

 2014

≤16

≥32