TABLE 1.
Distribution and cefepime MICs of 204 bloodstream isolates from cefepime-treated patients
| MIC (μg/ml) | No. of isolates of:
|
Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter spp. | E. coli | Enterobacter spp. | Klebsiella spp. | Serratia spp. | P. aeruginosa | Miscellaneousa | Polymicrobialb | ||
| ≤1 | 39 | 19 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 140 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 17 | |||
| ≥16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 40 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 19 | 204 |
a
Miscellaneous comprises Citrobacter, Providencia, and Pantoea spp. (one isolate from each with a MIC of ≤1 μg/ml), and Proteus spp. (six isolates, all with a MIC of ≤1 μg/ml).
b
For polymicrobial infections, the highest cefepime MIC is recorded.