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. 2015 Mar 20;10(3):e0121668. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121668

Table 6. Carbapenem MICs (μg/mL) of 1135 carbapenem-nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae isolates with different ESBL, AmpC, and carbapenemase combination profiles.

No. of isolates β-lactamase profile Ertapenem Imipenem Meropenem
bla ESBL bla AmpC bla Carb a MIC50 MIC90 MIC range MIC50 MIC90 MIC range MIC50 MIC90 MIC range
22 + b - + >128 >128 0.5 - >128 32 64 1–64 64 >128 0.125 - >128
6 - + c + 4 8 1–8 1 8 0.5–8 0.5 1 0.5–1
9 + + d + 4 >128 1–128 8 64 2–64 1 128 0.5–128
20 - - + 4 32 0.5 - >128 1 16 0.5–64 0.5 4 0.25–64
113 + - - 2 16 1–128 0.5 2 0.06–32 0.25 4 0.06 - >128
316 - + - 2 8 0.5 - > 128 1 4 0.125–128 0.125 1 ≤0.03–64
373 + + - 2 16 0.5 - >128 1 4 0.125–64 0.125 1 <0.03–32
276 - - - 2 8 0.5–128 0.5 4 0.125–64 0.125 1 ≤0.03–16

a bla Carb, carbapenemase. The distribution of the carbapenemases genes were: KPC-2 (13), IMP-8 (6), VIM-1 (2), and NDM-1 (1) among the 22 bla ESBL+ bla AmpC- bla Carb+ isolates; IMP-8 (6) among all 6 bla ESBL- bla AmpC+ bla Carb+ isolates; IMP-8 (7) and KPC-2 (2) among the 9 bla ESBL+ bla AmpC+ bla Carb+ isolates; and IMP-8 (18) and KPC-2 (2) among the 20 bla ESBL- bla AmpC- bla Carb+ isolates.

b Co-carriage of bla ESBL included CTX-M+SHV (12 isolates), SHV (8), CTX-M (1), SHV+OXY-5 (1).

c Co-carriage of bla AmpC included ACT (5), and CMY (1)

d Co-carriage of bla ESBL and bla AmpC included SHV+ACT (4), CTX-M+CMY (3), SHV+CMY (1), CTX-M+DHA (1)