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. 2012 Aug;18(8):1235–1241. doi: 10.3201/eid1808.111234

Table A1. Clonal distribution, type of carbapenemase, and drug resistance patterns of MDR Pseudomonas isolates, Spain, January 2007–December 2010 *.

Isolate No. isolates/y

Carbapenemase type (no. isolates) ST No. (%) resistant isolates
2007 2008 2009 2010 PIP/TZ CAZ FEP IMP MER ATM GEN TOB AMK CIP
All MDR isolates (183) 13 32 38 100 VIM-1, VIM-2, IMP-22, GES1–5 (146) NA 92 (50.3)/ 180 (98.4) 183 (100) 183 (100) 183 (100) 183 (100) 75 (41.0)/ 179 (97.8)† 178 (97.3) 177 (96.7) 77 (42.1) 172 (94)
P. aeruginosa (clonal types)
B (104) 0 5 23 76 VIM-2 (103), IMP-22 (1) 175, 175 21 (20.2)/ 101 (97.1)† 104 (100) 104 (100) 104 (100) 104 (100) 14 (13.5)/ 100 (95.2)† 104 (100) 104 (100) 26 (25) 104 (100)
A (29)‡ 8 16 4 1 GES 1/5 (29) 235 29 (100) 29 (100) 29 (100) 29 (100) 29 (100) 25 (86.2) 29 (100) 26 (89.6) 25 (86.2) 28 (96.5)
C (2) 0 0 1 1 VIM-2 (2) NA 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100)
D (2) 0 0 0 2 Noncarbapenemase (2) NA 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 0 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100)
Unique clones (40) 4 10 8 18 Noncarbapenemase (35) NA 31 (88.6)/ 35 (100)† 35 (100) 35 (100) 35 (100) 35 (100) 26 (74.3) 30 (85.7) 32 (65.7) 17 (48.3) 25 (71.4)
0 1 0 0 PA_5 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 PA_10 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 PA_12 VIM-1 NA 4 (80)/ 5 (100)† 5 (100) 5 (100) 5 (100) 5 (100) 4 (80) 5 (100) 5 (100) 3 (60) 5 (100)
0 0 1 0 PA_13 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 PA_28 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P. putida (clonal types)
Unique clones (6) 1 1 2 2 0 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 PP_1 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 PP_11 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 PP_14 VIM-2 NA 3 (50)/ 6 (100)† 6 (100) 6 (100) 6 (100) 6 (100) 4 (66.6) 6 (100) 6 (100) 2 (33.3) 6 (100)
0 0 1 0 PP_19 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 PP25_VIM-1/VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 PP_27 VIM-2 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*MDR, multidrug resistant; ST, sequence type; PIP/TZ, piperacillin-tazobactam; CAZ, ceftazidime; FEP, cefepime; IMP, imipenem; MER, meropenem; ATM, aztreonam; GEN, gentamicin; TOB, tobramycin; AMK, amikacin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; NA, not available. None of the isolates showed resistance to colistin.
†Percentage drug-resistant isolates when the European Committee on Susceptibility Testing break point was applied.
‡Viedma et al. (16).