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. 2017 Apr 26;17:33. doi: 10.1186/s12894-017-0222-6

Table 1.

Overall in-vitro susceptibility of the main Gram-negative rods to commonly used per-oral antibiotics (N/D - not defined susceptibility according to used EUCAST guidelines)

Fosfomycin Nitrofurantoin Ampicillin Ampicillin-sulbactam Cefuroxime Ciprofloxacin Co-trimoxazole
S% R% S% R% S% R% S% R% S% R% S% R% S% R%
E. coli (n = 1703) 97.0 2.2 96.6 3.4 46.3 53.7 76.3 23.7 90.5 9.5 75.8 24.0 67.8 31.8
K. pneumoniae (n = 643) 80.4 10.0 64.9 35.1 0.0 100.0 43.5 56.5 51.9 48.1 52.4 47.0 49.4 50.3
Proteus sp.(n = 392) 78.3 16.6 N/D N/D 38.8 61.2 84.5 15.5 81.6 18.4 68.9 28.8 51.3 47.7
Enterobacter sp.(n = 261) 82.8 11.1 N/D N/D 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 N/D N/D 77.2 19.7 71.4 27.8
Citrobacter sp. (n = 97) 100.0 0.0 N/D N/D 0.0 100.0 40.2 59.8 N/D N/D 90.7 9.3 76.3 23.7
M. morganii (n = 68) 16.2 75.0 N/D N/D 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 N/D N/D 72.1 22.0 61.8 33.8
Providencia sp. (n = 34) 44.1 50.0 N/D N/D 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 N/D N/D 61.8 38.2 73.5 26.5

E. coli Escherichia coli, K. pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus sp. Proteus species, Enterobacter sp. Enterobacter species, Citrobacter sp. Citrobacter species, M. morganii Morganella morganii, Providencia sp. Providencia species