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. 2010 Nov 1;55(1):390–394. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00756-10

TABLE 1.

MIC distributions for carbapenemase-producing isolates and those with a combination of AmpC or ESBL and impermeabilitya

Enzyme and characteristic of isolate(s) (nb [description]) Drug(s) No. of isolates for which MIC (μg/ml) is:
≤0.03 0.06 0.12 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512
KPC (10 [7 K. pneumoniae + 3 Ceftazidime 10*
    Enterobacter spp.]) Ceftazidime + NXL104 1 3 3 1 2
Ceftazidime + clav 2 8*
Aztreonam 10*
Aztreonam + NXL104 2 3 2 1 1 1
Piperacillin 10*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 1 9*
Imipenem 1 1 3 2 2 1*
Meropenem 1 3 1 3 2*
Ertapenem 3 2 5*
SME-1 (1 [S. marcescens]) Ceftazidime 1
Ceftazidime + NXL104 1
Ceftazidime + clav 1
Aztreonam 1
Aztreonam + NXL104 1
Piperacillin 1
Piperacillin + tazobactam 1
Imipenem 1*
Meropenem 1
Ertapenem 1
OXA-48 (19 [all K. pneumoniae]) Ceftazidime 1** 8 2 1 2 5
Ceftazidime + NXL104 1** 1 8 6 3
Ceftazidime + clav 1 3 2 6 2 2 3*
Aztreonam 1 2 7 1 2 6*
Aztreonam + NXL104 1** 4 10 2 2
Piperacillin 19*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 1 18*
Imipenem 1 1 2 4 2 2 3 2 2*
Meropenem 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 4
Ertapenem 1 1 1 5 1 3 3 4*
IMP (13 [7 K. pneumoniae, 5 Ceftazidime 1 12
    Enterobacter spp. and 1 Ceftazidime + NXL104 1** 12
    E. coli]) Ceftazidime + clav 13*
Aztreonam 2 5 1 1 4*
Aztreonam + NXL104 2 3 2 3 1 1
Piperacillin 1 1 11*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 1 1 11*
Imipenem 1 1 2 7 1 1*
Meropenem 2 2 8 1
Ertapenem 2 2 8 1*
VIM (5 [4 K. pneumoniae and 1 Ceftazidime 1 4
    Enterobacter sp.]) Ceftazidime + NXL104 1 1 3
Ceftazidime + clav 5*
Aztreonam 1 1 1 2*
Aztreonam + NXL104 2 2 1
Piperacillin 5*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 5*
Imipenem 1 2 2
Meropenem 1 1 1 1 1*
Ertapenem 2 2 1
NDM-1 (17 [6 K. pneumoniae, 6 Ceftazidime 17
    E. coli, 2 Enterobacter spp., 2 Ceftazidime + NXL104 17
    Citrobacter freundii and 1 Ceftazidime + clav 17*
    Morganella morganii]) Aztreonam 1 1 1 1 2 11*
Aztreonam + NXL104 2** 2 1 4 1 2 3 2
Piperacillin 17*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 1 16*
Imipenem 1 1 8 3 2 2*
Meropenem 1 7 3 3 3*
Ertapenem 1 3 3 5 5*
Porin loss and AmpC (5 [all Enterobacter spp.]) Ceftazidime 1 4
Ceftazidime + NXL104 1 1 3
Ceftazidime + clav 5*
Aztreonam 3 1 1*
Aztreonam + NXL104 1 1 3
Piperacillin 1 1 3*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 1 2 2*
Imipenem 1 1 3
Meropenem 2 2 1
Ertapenem 1 1 2 1
Porin loss and ESBL (10 [all K. pneumoniae]) Ceftazidime 1 4 5
Ceftazidime + NXL104 2 7 1
Ceftazidime + clav 1 2 1 1 4*
Aztreonam 2 8*
Aztreonam + NXL104 1 7 1 1
Piperacillin 10*
Piperacillin + tazobactam 10*
Imipenem 1 2 5 2
Meropenem 1 2 4 3
Ertapenem 1 1 3 5
a

Clav, clavulanate. *, MIC ≥ indicated value; **, MIC ≤ indicated value.

b

n, no. of isolates.