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. 2015 Apr 9;14:22. doi: 10.1186/s12941-015-0080-6

Table 1.

Susceptibility results of common Gram-positive bacteria to select antimicrobial agents

% isolates susceptible (no. isolates reported)
Organism/region (no. isolates tested) AMP CFZ CTX CLI DAP ERY GEN LZD MXF NIT OXA PEN Q-D TET SXT VAN
Staphylococcus aureus
All (19,515) - 46 (18,727) - 72 (19,253) 100 (7,041) - 98 (12,956) 100 (11,037) - - 47 (18,727) - - 96 (19,315) 99 (19,312) 100 (18,890)
Central (3,602) - 49 (3,602) - 72 (3,402) 100 (1,712) - 99 (1,712) 100 (1,712) - - 49 (3,602) - - 96 (3,402) 99 (3,402) 100 (3,402)
Northwest (3,883) - 45 (3,883) - 70 (3,883) 100 (1,531) - 98 (3,883) 100 (2,710) - - 44 (3,883) - - 94 (3,883) 98 (3,883) 100 (3,883)
Northeast (5,389) - 48 (5,045) - 67 (5,327) 100 (2,995) - 97 (5,045) 100 (4,725) - - 48 (5,045) - - 97 (5,389) 99 (5,386) 100 (5,389)
Southwest (6,246) - 45 (5,802) - 79 (6,246) 100 (576) - 98 (1,921) 100 (1,495) - - 46 (5,802) - - 96 (6,246) 98 (6,246) 100 (5,821)
Southeast (395) - 42 (395) - 69 (395) 100 (227) - 98 (395) 100 (395) - - 42 (395) - - 94 (395) 97 (395) 100 (395)
Coagulase-negative staphylococci
All (13,289) - 38 (12,784) - 64 (13,160) - - 85 (9,644) - - - 39 (12,143) - - 83 (11,833) - 100 (13,237)
Central (3,043) - 33 (3,043) - 58 (3,043) - - 82 (1,332) - - - 33 (3,043) - - 82 (3,043) - 100 (3,043)
Northwest (2,420) - 41 (2,420) - 62 (2,420) - - 85 (2,420) - - - 42 (2,038) - - 83 (2,420) - 100 (2,420)
Northeast (4,764) - 42 (4,475) - 66 (4,635) - - 86 (4,476) - - - 42 (4,379) - - 83 (4,764) - 100 (4,764)
Southwest (2,548) - 35 (2,332) - 69 (2,548) - - 83 (902) - - - 38 (2,169) - - 84 (1,092) - 100 (2,496)
Southeast (514) - 45 (514) - 72 (514) - - 89 (514) - - - 45 (514) - - 81 (514) - 100 (514)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
All (2,294) - - 91 (706) - - 55 (972) - - 99 (803) - - 50 (2,294) - 75 (813) - 100 (956)
Central (195) - - 87 (186) - - 54 (186) - - 97 (102) - - 52 (195) - 79 (186) - 100 (186)
Northwest (430) - - 92 (169) - - 57 (190) - - 100 (169) - - 31 (430) - 74 (190) - 100 (216)
Northeast (429) - - 96 (278) - - 64 (314) - - 100 (278) - - 50 (429) - 75 (314) - 100 (230)
Southwest (1,044) - - 88 (41) - - 41 (250) - - 97 (222) - - 66 (1,044) - 71 (91) - 100 (292)
Southeast (196) - - 81 (32) - - 65 (32) - - 100 (32) - - 12 (196) - 82 (32) - 100 (32)
Organism/region (no. isolates tested) AMP CFZ CTX CLI DAP ERY GEN LZD MXF NIT OXA PEN Q-D TET SXT VAN
Enterococcus faecalis
All (4,390) 97 (4,254) - - - - - - 99 (2,914) - 97 (3,966) - 97 (4,174) - - - 98 (4,390)
Central (777) 98 (777) - - - - - - 100 (413) - 99 (413) - 98 (777) - - - 98 (777)
Northwest (1,200) 97 (1,200) - - - - - - 100 (604) - 99 (1,200) - 97 (1,200) - - - 98 (1,200)
Northeast (1,391) 98 (1,255) - - - - - - 99 (1,100) - 99 (1,331) - 98 (1,255) - - - 98 (1,391)
Southwest (874) 97 (874) - - - - - - 98 (649) - 91 (874) - 97 (794) - - - 99 (874)
Southeast (148) 98 (148) - - - - - - 98 (148) - 99 (148) - 98 (148) - - - 100 (148)
Enterococcus faecium
All (1,090) 10 (1,072) - - - - - - 98 (951) - - - 10 (1,057) 99 (951) - - 25 (1,089)
Central (248) 8 (248) - - - - - - 100 (109) - - - 8 (248) 100 (109) - - 22 (248)
Northwest (257) 9 (257) - - - - - - 97 (257) - - - 9 (257) 99 (257) - - 30 (257)
Northeast (441) 11 (363) - - - - - - 98 (441) - - - 10 (424) 98 (441) - - 23 (441)
Southwest (105) 13 (31) - - - - - - 96 (105) - - - 11 (89) 99 (105) - - 25 (104)
Southeast (39) 18 (39) - - - - - - 97 (39) - - - 18 (39) 100 (39) - - 33 (39)

Abbreviations: AMP ampicillin, CFZ cefazolin, CTX cefotaxime, CLI clindamycin, DAP daptomycin, ERY erythromycin, GEN gentamicin, LZD linezolid, MXF moxifloxacin, NIT nitrofurantoin, OXA oxacillin, PEN penicillin, Q-D quinupristin/dalfopristin, TET tetracycline, SXT trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, VAN vancomycin.