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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2008 Dec;6(6):805–824. doi: 10.1586/14787210.6.6.805

Table 3.

MICs (mg/l) of, and susceptibility to, cefepime, ceftazidime and imipenem among clinical populations of Gram-negative non-Enterobacteriaceae

Organism Region Site of infection Year(s) of collection MIC (mg/l)*
Ref.
Cefepime
Ceftazidime (Ceftriaxone)
Imipenem
MIC50 MIC90 S (%) MIC50 MIC90 S (%) MIC50 MIC90 S (%)
Acinetobacter spp. North America Mixture 2007 4 16 85.7 2 >16 83.3 2 16 77.5 [138]
Latin America Mixture 1997-2001 >16 >16 35.2 >16 >16 28.5 1 >8 86.9 [145]
BSI 1997-2000 16 >16 45.4 >16 >16 39.0 0.5 8 89.1 [140]
RT 1997-2000 >16 >16 26.4 >16 >16 16.7 1 >8 84.9 [144]
America and Europe Mixture 2005-2006 16 >16 44.1 >16 >16 34.8 1 >8 72.4 [30]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa North America Mixture 2007 4 16 85.7 2 >16 83.3 2 16 77.5 [138]
BSI, RT 1998-2004 2 8 90.8 2 16 87.3 1 2 94.4 [40]
RT 2000 4 16 80.5 4 >16 78.3 1 8 85.6 [143]
UTI 1998 4 8 91.2 4 >16 85.8 0.25 0.5 100 [139]
Mixture§ 2001 4 16 80.1 ≤2 >16 77.0 1 >8 78.3 [146]
RT 1996-2001 2 16 84.1 2 32 84.1 1 16 86.6 [147]
RT# NR 64 256 15.0 64 >512 27.0 32 128 30.0 [148]
RT** NR 64 256 10.0 128 >512 16.0 32 64 21.0 [148]
Latin America BSI 1997-2000 4 >16 72.1 4 >16 69.4 1 >8 84.5 [140]
RT 1997-2000 8 >16 61.2 4 >16 61.2 2 >8 69.2 [144]
Mixture§ 2002 4 >256 55.4 >192 >256 31.4 2 >32 57.3 [149]
America and Europe Mixture 2005-2006 4 >16 79.4 2 >16 75.5 1 >8 75.8 [31]
Asia-Pacific UTI 1998-1999 4 16 76.4 4 >16 77.4 2 8 88.7 [142]
Burkholderia cepacia America and Europe Mixture 2003 8 16 85.0 4 4 90.0 4 8 65.0 [150]
RT 1996-2001 16 128 47.0 4 16 82.4 4 16 50.0 [147]
RT NR 256 >256 10.0 16 >512 43.0 32 128 9.0 [148]
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia World Mixture 1997-2003 16 >16 27.6 8 >16 52.9 >8 >8 100 [151]
America and Europe Mixture 2004 >16 >16 9.4 16 >16 45.3 >8 >8 1.9 [152]
Haemophilus influenzae North America BSI, RT 1998-2004 ≤0.06 0.12 100 ≤0.25 1 93.7 NR NR NR [40]
Latin America RT 1998-2004 ≤0.06 0.12 100 ≤0.06 ≤0.06 100 NR NR NR [153]
America and Europe Mixture 2005-2006 ≤0.12 ≤0.12 100 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 100 0.5 1 100 [31]
Moraxella catarrhalis North America BSI, RT 1998-2004 0.5 2 NR ≤0.25 0.5 NR NR NR NR [40]
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Asia STDs 2003 0.12 0.5 NR 0.03 0.06 100 NR NR NR [154]
Neisseria meningitidis Europe and Australia Mixture 1999-2000 0.03 0.06 NR 0.06 0.06 NR <0.06 0.12 NR [36]
*

Results were interpreted according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute criteria.

For H. influenzae ceftriaxone MICs were shown.

§

Intensive care unit patients.

Cystic fibrosis patients.

#

Mucoid isolates.

**

Nonmucoid isolates.

BSI: Bloodstream infection; NR: Not reported; RT: Respiratory tract infection; S: Susceptibility; STD: Sexually transmitted disease; UTI: Urinary tract infection.