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. 2023 May 1;76(Suppl 2):S194–S201. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad095

Table 3.

In Vitro Activity of Sulbactam-durlobactam Against Phenotypically Antibiotic-Nonsusceptible Acinetobacter baumannii–calcoaceticus Complex Clinical Isolates Collected Globally From 2016 to 2021

Resistance Phenotypea No. Sulbactam-durlobactam
MIC50, µg/mL MIC90, µg/mL % Susceptibleb
All isolates 5032 1 2 98.3
Sulbactam nonsusceptible 2670 1 4 96.9
Imipenem nonsusceptible 2570 1 4 96.7
Colistin resistant 204 2 4 98.0
Ciprofloxacin nonsusceptible 2796 1 4 97.5
Amikacin nonsusceptible 2083 2 4 96.9
Minocycline nonsusceptible 1092 2 4 97.7
Multidrug-resistantc 2680 1 4 96.9
Extensively drug-resistantc 2116 2 4 97.2

Source: [35].

Abbreviations: MIC50, The antibiotic concentration that inhibits the growth of 50% of the tested isolates; MIC90, The antibiotic concentration that inhibits the growth of 50% of the tested isolates.

Nonsusceptibility or resistance as determined by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M100 (2021) [39].

Sulbactam and sulbactam-durlobactam MICs were interpreted using the preliminary breakpoint of susceptible ≤4 µg/mL.

Multidrug-resistant isolates were defined as nonsusceptible to 1 agent from ≥3 different antimicrobial classes and extensively drug-resistant isolates were defined as not susceptible to at least 5 of the following 7 agents (classes): cefepime (extended-spectrum cephalosporins), imipenem (carbapenems), amikacin (aminoglycosides), ciprofloxacin (fluoroquinolones), minocycline (tetracyclines), sulbactam (penicillin/β-lactamase inhibitor; sulbactam is the active component of ampicillin-sulbactam against Acinetobacter spp), and colistin (polymyxins), based on proposed international guidelines [40]. For colistin, only colistin-resistant isolates were used in these determinations as only intermediate and resistant interpretive criteria exist for colistin [39].