Table 5.

Results of carbapenem monotherapy in 50 CPE-infected patients from 15 studies^a

MIC of carbapenem (μg/ml)	No. of patients	No. of successes	No. of failures	% Failure
≤1	17	12	5	29.4
2	12	9	3	25.0
4	7	5	2	28.6
8	6	4	2	33.3
Subtotal	42	30	12	28.6b
>8	8	2	6	75.0b
Total	50	32	18	36

^aSee references 25, 64, 67, 81, 113, 143, 153, 159, 162, 240, 252, 257, 258, 269, and 275.

^bP = 0.02, odds ratio = 7.5, and 95% confidence interval = 1.32 to 42.52.