TABLE 4.
Cefotaxime MICs of penicillin-susceptible versus nonsusceptible bacteria by species
| Isolate type | % (n) of isolates with indicated cefotaxime MIC (μg/ml) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susceptible |
Intermediate |
Resistant |
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| ≤0.12 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | >4 | |
| Penicillin susceptible | |||||||
| A. defectiva (n = 6) | 17 (1) | 0 (0) | 33 (2) | 50 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| G. adiacens (n = 37) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) | 14 (5) | 27 (10) | 30 (11) | 24 (9) |
| Penicillin nonsusceptible | |||||||
| A. defectiva (n = 19) | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | 16 (3) | 63 (12) | 5 (1) | 0 (0) | 5 (1) |
| G. adiacens (n = 72) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1.4 (1) | 4 (3) | 18 (13) | 28 (20) | 49 (35) |