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. 2023 Mar 25;27(3):102759. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.102759

Table 4.

. In vitro susceptibility of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales collected in six Latin American countriesa divided into two 3-year time periods 2015‒2017 and 2018‒2020.

Collection years (n) Compound Range MIC50 MIC90 CLSI Interpretationb
(µg/mL) %S %I %R
2015‒2017 (1701) Amikacin ≤ 0.25 – > 32 4 32 86.2 6.0 7.8
Aztreonam ≤ 0.015 – > 128 64 > 128 3.5 0.6 95.9
Cefepime ≤ 0.12 – > 16 > 16 > 16 3.4 4.7 91.9
Ceftazidime 0.03 – > 128 32 > 128 6.8 5.6 87.5
Ceftazidime-avibactam ≤ 0.015 – > 128 0.25 2 97.1 NA 2.9
Colistin ≤ 0.06 – > 8 0.5 > 8 NA 87.3 12.7
Imipenem 0.06 – > 8 0.25 > 8 74.8 3.1 22.2
Levofloxacin ≤ 0.03 – > 8 > 8 > 8 8.1 4.4 87.5
Meropenem 0.015 – > 8 0.06 > 8 76.4 2.9 20.7
Piperacillin Tazobactam ≤ 0.25 – > 128 32 >128 32.2 8.5 59.3
2018‒2020 (1838) Amikacin 0.5 – > 64 4 64 81.2 7.8 11.0
Aztreonam ≤ 0.015 – > 128 > 64 > 128 5.1 0.7 94.2
Cefepime ≤ 0.12 – > 32 >32 > 32 2.2 4.9 92.9
Ceftazidime 0.12 – > 128 64 > 128 5.4 3.6 91.0
Ceftazidime-avibactam ≤ 0.015 – > 128 0.5 > 64 89.3 NA 10.7
Colistin ≤ 0.06 – > 8 0.5 > 8 NA 82.6 17.4
Imipenem ≤ 0.06 – > 8 0.5 > 8 60.6 3.2 36.2
Levofloxacin ≤ 0.25 – > 8 >8 > 8 8.4 6.0 85.6
Meropenem ≤ 0.06 – > 16 0.12 > 16 62.2 3.3 34.5
Piperacillin Tazobactam 0.25 – > 64 > 64 > 64 26.1 8.5 65.3
a

Countries included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela.

b

S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant.