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. 2012 Jun 29;12:149. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-149

Table 3.

Antimicrobial resistance profiles of CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli according to locations of acquisition and CTX-M types

Antimicrobial agent
Total (n = 139)
Hospital-onset (n = 60)
Community-onset
CTX-M type
 
 
      Total (n = 79) Healthcare-associated (n = 46) Community-associated (n = 33) CTX-M-14 (n = 69) CTX-M-15 (n = 53) CTX M-14 + M-15 (n = 17)
Amikacin
14 (10.1)
7 (11.7)
7 (8.9)
3 (6.5)
4 (12.1)
4 (5.8)
7 (13.2)
3 (17.6)
Gentamicin
92 (65.5)
45 (73.8) a
47 (59.5)
28 (60.9)
19 (57.6)
37 (53.6)
40 (75.5)b
15 (88.2)b
Tobramycin
94 (67.6)
46 (76.7)
48 (60.8)
29 (63.0)
19 (57.6)
36 (52.2)
43 (81.1)b
15 (88.2) b
Aztreonam
130 (93.5)
60 (100)
70 (88.6)
43 (93.5)
27 (81.8)
62 (89.9)
51 (96.2)
17 (100)
Cefepime
132 (95.0)
58 (96.7)
74 (93.7)
44 (95.7)
30 (90.9)
65 (94.2)
51 (96.2)
16 (94.1)
Ceftazidime
77 (55.4)
38 (63.9)
39 (49.4)
24 (52.2)
15 (45.5)
20 (29.0)
43 (81.1)b
14 (82.4) b
Cefotaxime
139 (100)
60 (100)
78 (100)
46 (100)
32 (100)
69 (100)
52 (100)
17 (100)
Ciprofloxacin
105 (75.5)
52 (86.7) a
53 (67.1)
34 (73.9)
19 (57.6)
47 (68.1)
42 (79.2)
16 (94.1)b
Piperacillin-tazobactam
33 (23.7)
20 (33.3) a
13 (16.5)
7 (15.2)
6 (18.2)
11 (15.9)
10 (18.9)
12 (70.6) b,c
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
89 (64.0)
38 (63.3)
51 (64.6)
29 (63.0)
22 (66.7)
52 (75.3)
31 (58.5) b
6 (35.3) b
Multidrug resistance
120 (86.3)
53 (88.4)
67 (84.8)
39 (84.8)
28 (84.8)
55 (79.7)
48 (90.6)
17 (100)b
Resistance scored ≥ 3 71 (51.1) 39 (65.0) a 32 (40.5) 19 (41.3) 13 (39.4) 26 (37.7) 31 (58.5) b 14 (82.4) b

a For comparison with CO isolates, P < 0.05.

b For comparison with CTX-M-14 producing isolates, P < 0.05.

c For comparison with CTX-M-15 producing isolates, P < 0.001.

d Number of antimicrobial classes, apart from penicillin and cephalosporin, to which E. coli isolates are non-susceptible.