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. 2015 Mar;21(3):504–507. doi: 10.3201/eid2103.141277

Table 3. MC values of several β-lactams and β-lactamase content for the extended-spectrum b-lactamase –producing Enterobacteriaceae in blood cultures*.

Hospitalization unit a Species MICs (μg/mL)†
β-Lactamase content c
CAZ CTX FEP CAZ/TZB CTX/TZB FEP/TZB SHV TEM CTX-M
Emergency Escherichia coli 2† 8 2 0.19 0.032 0.023 CTX-M-1
Rhumatology E. coli 1 12 2 0.19 0.032 0.016 TEM-1 CTX-M-1
Emergency E. coli 32 48 8 0.75 0.25 0.064 SHV-12‡ CTX-M-3
Emergency E. coli 1.5 16 6 0.38 0.094 0.064 TEM-1 CTX-M-14
ICU E. coli 1 16 3 0.19 0.016 0.023 TEM-1 CTX-M-14
Nephrology E. coli 0.5 12 1.5 0.094 0.047 0.016 TEM-1 CTX-M-14
Nephrology E. coli 0.38 8 1.5 0.125 0.032 0.023 TEM-1 CTX-M-14
Surgery E. coli 0.5 12 2 0.19 0.032 0.032 TEM-1 CTX-M-14
ICU E. coli 8 96 6 0.19 0.032 0.032 CTX-M-15
ICU E. coli 1 16 0.75 0.094 0.032 0.047 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases E. coli 12 128 12 0.25 0.094 0.064 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases E. coli 16 128 12 0.19 0.094 0.094 CTX-M-15
Surgery E. coli 12 128 12 0.38 0.5 2 CTX-M-15
Urology E. coli 16 192 16 0.25 0.19 0.064 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Urology E. coli 12 192 8 0.25 0.125 0.064 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases E. coli 32 128 16 0.19 0.047 0.064 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Nephrology E. coli 48 6 1 0.38 0.19 0.094 SHV-12 TEM-1
Nephrology E. coli 48 6 1 0.38 0.19 0.094 SHV-12 TEM-1
Infectious diseases E. coli 12 128 8 0.19 0.047 0.023 CTX-M-15
Nephrology E. coli 16 128 12 0.25 0.094 0.047 CTX-M-15
ICU E. coli 256 256 192 32 24 2 CTX-M-15
ICU E. coli 8 96 6 0.19 0.064 0.064 CTX-M-15
ICU E. coli 12 128 6 0.125 0.064 0.125 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases E. coli 32 256 24 0.5 0.19 0.094 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases E. coli 32 256 24 0.5 0.19 0.094 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases E. coli 256 256 16 0.5 0.016 0.094 CTX-M-15
Pneumology E. coli 32 256 16 0.5 0.094 0.032 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Emergency E. coli 256 12 1 0.094 0.032 0.016 CTX-M-27
ICU E. coli 1 12 1 0.094 0.023 0.023 CTX-M-27
Nephrology
E. coli
2
2
1.5
0.094
0.016
0.016


TEM-1
CTX-M-55
ICU Klebsiella pneumoniae 3 32 4 0.125 0.023 0.032 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Infectious diseases K. pneumoniae 32 256 8 0.38 0.125 0.094 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
ICU K. pneumoniae 128 256 64 1 0.25 0.19 LEN-5 CTX-M-15
ICU K. pneumoniae 256 256 32 2 0.5 2 LEN-5 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Nephrology K. pneumoniae 16 128 6 0.25 0.064 0.047 SHV-1 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Hepatology K. pneumoniae 6 96 6 0.19 0.047 0.19 SHV-1 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Nephrology K. pneumoniae 8 96 4 0.25 0.064 0.032 SHV-1 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
ICU K. pneumoniae 48 256 24 0.5 0.064 0.064 SHV-1 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Hepatology K. pneumoniae 16 64 6 0.5 0.25 0.125 SHV-11 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Hepatology K. pneumoniae 12 48 6 0.5 0.19 0.094 SHV-11 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
ICU K. pneumoniae 12 128 12 0.38 0.047 0.094 SHV-11 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
Nephrology K. pneumoniae 48 256 16 0.5 0.19 0.5 SHV-11 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
ICU
K. pneumoniae
256
256
24
0.25
0.047
0.064

SHV-28
TEM-1
CTX-M-15
ICU Enterobacter cloacae 96 256 32 1 1 0.25 CTX-M-15
Nephrology E. cloacae 12 192 12 0.25 0.125 0.047 TEM-1 CTX-M-15
ICU
E. cloacae
12
128
6
0.25
0.047
0.047

SHV-1
TEM-1
CTX-M-15
Emergency Citrobacter freundii 16 12 2 2 1 0.5 TEM-3 +TEM-1 CTX-M-55

ICU, intensive care unit, CAZ, ceftazidime; CTX, cefotaxime; FEP, cefepime; TZB, tazobactam; –, negative PCR result.
†Numbers in bold text indicate MIC values reported in the range of susceptibility according to Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines as updated in 2014 (susceptible means MIC ≤1 μg/mL, ≤4 μg/mL and ≤2 μg/mL for cefotaxime, ceftazidime and cefepime, respectively).
‡Bold, underlined text indicates ESBL names.