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. 2010 Aug 30;54(11):4684–4693. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00469-10

TABLE 6.

Resistance rates for the most common Gram-negative bacilli isolated from CaNAdian hospitals, based on hospital locationa

Organism and location (n) % I/% R
A/C CFZ CPM CTR FOX ETP MER PTZ AMK GEN CIP LEV MXF COL FDb SXT TGC
E.coli
    All (1,132) 1.4/0.5 2.2/10.0 1.1/1.6 0.9/4.4 3.6/5.6 0/0 0/0 1.9/1.2 0.2/0.3 0.3/9.7 0.2/22.1 0.5/21.6 1.9/1.1 0/27.7 0.2/0
    Clinic (159) 2.5/0 1.9/6.9 0.6/0.6 0/2.5 3.1/5.0 0/0 0/0 1.9/0.6 0/0 0.6/8.2 0/19.5 1.3/18.2 1.3/1.3 0/25.8 0/0
    ER (453) 0.7/0.7 2.2/8.4 1.6/1.3 0.7/4.0 2.4/4.0 0/0 0/0 1.6/0.2 0.2/0.2 0/9.1 0.2/18.5 0.4/18.3 2.0/0.4 0/27.1 0.2/0
    ICU (75) 5.3/0 4.0/20.0 1.3/2.7 4.0/8.0 2.7/10.7 0/0 0/0 2.7/4.0 0/0 1.3/13.3 0/28.0 1.3/26.7 2.7/1.3 0/28.0 0/0
    Medical (375) 1.3/0.8 1.6/12.0 1.1/2.1 0.8/5.3 4.8/6.9 0/0 0/0 2.4/2.4 0.3/0.5 0.5/10.4 0.3/25.3 0.3/25.1 1.6/1.6 0/30.1 0.3/0
    Surgical (70) 0/0 4.3/5.7 0/1.4 1.4/2.9 7.1/5.7 0/0 0/0 1.4/0 0/1.4 0/10.0 0/27.1 0/27.1 4.3/1.4 0/22.9 0/0
P. aeruginosa
    All (373) 12.1/7.2 45.8/32.7 4.0/5.6 0/8.0 2.7/3.5 16.6/12.3 5.6/19.0 11.3/24.1 7.2/0.8
    Clinic (88) 7.9/11.4 43.2/27.3 5.7/1.1 0/10.2 4.5/9.1 14.8/25.0 7.9/17.0 12.5/20.4 6.8/2.3
    ER (54) 13.0/1.8 61.1/22.2 1.8/3.7 0/1.8 3.7/0 20.4/7.4 3.7/16.7 7.4/18.5 3.7/0
    ICU (67) 13.4/6.0 44.8/35.8 6.0/9.0 0/7.5 3.0/6.0 14.9/10.4 4.5/19.4 13.4/25.4 13.4/0
    Medical (131) 15.3/6.1 44.3/38.2 2.3/5.3 0/9.9 1.5/0.8 16.8/6.1 6.9/19.1 11.4/25.9 6.9/0.8
    Surgical (33) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
K. pneumoniae
    All (316) 2.8/0 4.8/6.3 0.3/0.9 1.6/1.3 4.1/3.5 0/0 0/0 1.9/2.5 0/0.6 0.6/2.8 2.2/7.3 1.3/5.1 31.3/32.6 0/11.4 3.8/0.6
    Clinic (28) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
    ER (80) 0/0 1.2/1.2 0/0 1.2/0 2.5/1.2 0/0 0/0 0/1.2 0/0 0/1.2 2.5/2.5 0/0 41.2/25.0 0/8.7 0/0
    ICU (63) 9.5/0 6.3/9.5 0/1.6 3.2/1.6 0/4.8 0/0 0/0 0/6.3 0/1.6 0/3.2 0/3.2 0/3.2 25.4/25.4 0/6.3 3.2/0
    Medical (115) 1.7/0 7.8/8.7 0.9/1.7 0.9/2.6 5.2/4.3 0/0 0/0 4.3/2.6 0/0.9 0.9/4.3 1.7/10.4 1.7/7.8 29.6/37.4 0/15.6 6.1/0
    Surgical (30) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
a

I, intermediate; R, resistant; NA, no isolates met criteria or there were insufficient numbers for analysis (n < 40); −, no defined breakpoints; A/C, amoxicillin-clavulanate; CFZ, cefazolin; CPM, cefepime; CTR, ceftriaxone; FOX, cefoxitin; ETP, ertapenem; MER, meropenem; PTZ, piperacillin-tazobactam; AMK, amikacin; GEN, gentamicin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; LEV, levofloxacin; MXF, moxifloxacin; COL, colistin; FD, nitrofurantoin; TGC, tigecycline.

b

Indicated for use against urinary tract isolates only (CLSI M100-S19).