Table 6.
Susceptibility rates of E. cloacae isolates to various antimicrobials according to the ST type.
| No. of susceptible isolates (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobial agent | ST74 |
Other ST |
P-value | ||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Ticarcillin + Clavulanic acid | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.7) | NS |
| Piperacillin + Tazobactam | 2 | (12.5) | 6 | (10.2) | NS |
| Aztreonam | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (5.1) | NS |
| Cefotaxime | 2 | (12.5) | 3 | (5.1) | NS |
| Ceftazidime | 2 | (12.5) | 2 | (3.4) | NS |
| Cefepime | 4 | (25.0) | 31 | (52.5) | 0.05 |
| Cefpirome | 3 | (18.8) | 14 | (23.7) | NS |
| Ertapenem | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | NS |
| Imipenem | 15 | (93.8) | 55 | (93.2) | NS |
| Meropenem | 16 | (100.0) | 57 | (96.6) | NS |
| Doripenem | 16 | (100.0) | 56 | (94.9) | NS |
| Tobramycin | 2 | (12.5) | 23 | (39.0) | 0.04 |
| Gentamicin | 3 | (18.8) | 26 | (44.1) | NS (0.06) |
| Amikacin | 14 | (87.5) | 58 | (98.3) | NS |
| Tetracycline | 10 | (62.5) | 29 | (50.0) | NS |
| Chloramphenicol | 3 | (18.8) | 31 | (53.4) | 0.05 |
| Nalidixic acid | 0 | (0.0) | 13 | (22.0) | NS |
| Ofloxacin | 1 | (6.3) | 13 | (22.0) | NS |
| Ciprofloxacin | 1 | (6.3) | 19 | (32.2) | 0.05 |
| Co-trimoxazole | 2 | (12.5) | 41 | (69.5) | <0.001 |
| Fosfomycin | 15 | (93.8) | 54 | (93.1) | NS |