TABLE 1 .

Regional and global rates of MDR Gram-negative isolates collected between 2004 and 2014

Organism and region	No. of centersa	No. of MDR isolates	Total no. of isolates	% MDR
Acinetobacter baumannii
Africa	17	249	407	61.2
Asia-Pacific Rim	43	596	1,229	48.5
Europe	190	3,617	8,409	43.0
Latin America	58	1,560	2,213	70.5
Middle East	20	499	718	69.5
North America	169	1,773	5,765	30.8
Global	497	8,294	18,741	44.3
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Africa	16	73	558	13.1
Asia-Pacific Rim	46	327	1,772	18.5
Europe	192	1,777	14,951	11.9
Latin America	66	913	3,340	27.3
Middle East	21	129	989	13.0
North America	180	732	11,176	6.5
Global	521	3,951	32,786	12.1
Escherichia coli
Africa	13	58	731	7.9
Asia-Pacific Rim	41	299	2,178	13.7
Europe	190	1,323	19,242	6.9
Latin America	65	795	4,492	17.7
Middle East	23	190	1,301	14.6
North America	157	557	14,317	3.9
Global	489	3,222	42,261	7.6
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Africa	16	111	668	16.6
Asia-Pacific Rim	43	299	1,940	15.4
Europe	175	1,778	13,936	12.8
Latin America	62	709	3,704	19.1
Middle East	21	231	1,142	20.2
North America	145	767	11,498	6.7
Global	462	3,895	32,888	11.8
Klebsiella oxytoca
Africa	2	2	85	2.4
Asia-Pacific Rim	8	14	245	5.7
Europe	62	113	4,639	2.4
Latin America	20	29	395	7.3
Middle East	8	14	106	13.2
North America	22	31	2,530	1.2
Global	122	203	8,000	2.5
Enterobacter aerogenes
Africa	3	5	94	5.3
Asia-Pacific Rim	17	25	490	5.1
Europe	72	193	3,733	5.2
Latin America	25	72	583	12.3
Middle East	8	13	256	5.1
North America	48	73	3,297	2.2
Global	173	381	8,453	4.5
Enterobacter cloacae
Africa	11	37	494	7.5
Asia-Pacific Rim	36	122	1,437	8.5
Europe	168	978	13,205	7.4
Latin America	55	387	2,771	14.0
Middle East	15	49	815	6.0
North America	143	448	8,908	5.0
Global	428	2,021	27,630	7.3

^aThe number of TEST centers submitting MDR isolates. Not all centers submitted isolates during all study years. The Asia-Pacific Rim centers did not participate in TEST after 2010.