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. 2007 Jul 3;45(9):2819–2828. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00551-07

TABLE 5.

In vitro activities of antimicrobial agents against gram-negative aerobic organisms

Organism (no. of isolates) MIC50/MIC90 (μg/ml [% susceptible])a
ETP IPM P/T A/C CFL CAZ CIP LVX MXF GM AMK DOX T/S
Enterobacteriaceae groupb (98) ≤0.125/≤0.125 (99) 0.25/2 (100) ≤1/4 (96) 8/>64 (55) 8/>32 (52) ≤0.5/≤0.5 (94) ≤0.5/≤0.5 (94) ≤0.5/1 (94) ≤0.25/2 (94) ≤2/≤2 (95) ≤8/≤8 (99) 2/16 (79) ≤0.5/>4 (90)
Proteus-Providencia-Morganella groupc (55) ≤0.125/≤0.125 (98) 4/4 (100) ≤1/≤1 (98) 8/>64 (58) ≤0.5/8 (93) ≤0.5/≤0.5 (95) ≤0.5/≤0.5 (95) ≤0.25/2 (91) ≤2/≤8 (98) ≤2/≤2 (100) >32/>32 (22) ≤0.5/>4 (91)
P. aeruginosa (43) 8/16 (NId) 1/4 (86) 4/16 (98) 1/4 (98) ≤.5/1 (91) ≤.5/8 (79) 1/8 (74) ≤2/4 (95) ≤8/≤8 (100)
S. maltophilia (15) >16 (NI) >16 (NI) >128/>128 (NI) 64/64 (NI) 8/>32 (53) 2/>8 (NI) 1/>8 (80) 0.5/4 (NI) >32/>32 (NI) 128/>128 (NI) 4/4 (NI) >4/>4 (20)
Miscellaneous nonfermenting gram-negative rodse (24) ≤.125/>16 (63) 0.25/4 (92) ≤1/>128 (79) 4/>64 (67) 4/>32 (79) 1/>8 (58) ≤0.5/>8 (83) 1/>8 (71) ≤2/8 (83) ≤1/128 (79) ≤1/>32 (75) ≤0.5/>4 (75)
a

ETP, ertapenem; IPM, imipenem; P/T, piperacillin-tazobactam; A/C, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid; CFL, cephalexin; CAZ, ceftazidime; CIP, ciprofloxacin; LVX, levofloxacin; MXF, moxifloxacin; GM, gentamicin; AMK, amikacin; DOX, doxycycline; T/S, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

b

Escherichia coli (n = 20), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 21), Enterobacter aerogenes (n = 7), Enterobacter gergoviae (n = 1), Enterobacter intermedius (n = 1), Citrobacter freundii (n = 1), Citrobacter koseri (n = 4), Klebsiella oxytoca (n = 16), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 9), Pantoeae agglomerans (n = 3), and Serratia marcescens (n = 15).

c

Proteus mirabilis (n = 26), Proteus vulgaris (n = 4), Providencia rettgeri (n = 6), Providencia rustigianii (n = 1), Providencia stuartii (n = 1), and Morganella morganii (n = 17).

d

NI, no interpretation.

e

Alcaligenes faecalis (n = 10), Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 6), Acinetbacter calcoaceticus (n = 1), Brevundimonas diminuta (n = 1), Chryseobacterium sp. (n = 1), Myroides odoratum (n = 1), Paracoccus sp. (n = 1), Pseudomonas fluorescens (n = 2), and Shewanella putrefaciens (n = 1).