Table 3. Percentage of bacterial isolates eliciting resistance to selected antimicrobials from tracheal aspirates in ICU patients at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
| Antimicrobial | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | OR | P value | 95 %CI |
| Piperacillin/tazobactam | na | 0.0 | 36.8 | 45.0 | 46.9 | 92.9 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 58.3 | 89.5 | 97.1 | 1.51 | <0.001 | 1.33–1.71 |
| Ticarcillin/clavulanic acid | na | na | na | na | na | 42.9 | 25.0 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 84.2 | 97.1 | 2.09 | <0.001 | 1.56–2.80 |
| Ceftriaxone | 100.0 | 70.6 | 89.5 | 95.0 | 93.8 | 92.9 | 6.3 | 68.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 97.1 | 1.07 | 0.304 | 0.94–1.20 |
| Ceftazidime | 83.3 | 64.7 | 73.7 | 65.0 | 68.8 | 78.6 | 12.5 | 62.5 | 75.0 | 94.7 | 97.1 | 1.15 | 0.008 | 1.04–1.27 |
| Cefepime | na | na | na | na | na | 28.6 | 50.0 | 37.5 | 58.3 | 94.7 | 97.1 | 2.25 | <0.001 | 1.65–3.06 |
| Imipenem | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 45.0 | 28.1 | 21.4 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 41.7 | 89.5 | 88.6 | 1.52 | <0.001 | 1.35–1.72 |
| Amikacin | 33.3 | 52.9 | 79.0 | 60.0 | 59.4 | 85.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 73.7 | 94.3 | 1.16 | 0.003 | 1.05–1.29 |
| Ofloxacin | 83.3 | 47.1 | 36.8 | 65.0 | 59.4 | 71.4 | 50.0 | 43.8 | 58.3 | 47.4 | 22.9 | 0.89 | 0.012 | 0.81–0.97 |
na, Not applicable.