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. 2017 Jun 23;55(7):2116–2126. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00181-17

TABLE 4.

Overview of MIC results of the Accelerate Pheno system and the Etests in isolates resistant to piperacillin-tazobactam, ceftriaxone, ertapenem, or meropenema

Isolate (n = 13) Testb MIC (μg/ml)c
Comment
SAM TZP FEP CRO ETP MEM AMK GEN TOB CIP CST
C. freundii (1) ACC 128 (R) ≤1 (S) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤0.5 (S) AmpC positive
Etest ND >256 (R) 1 (S) >32 (R) 0.094 (S) 0.047 (S) 1.5 (S) 0.25 (S) 1 (S) 0.047 (S) 1.5 (S)
E. coli (2) ACC 4 (S) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤0.5 (S) ESBL positive
Etest 6 (S) 0.75 (S) * >32 (R) 0.012 (S) 0.032 (S) 2 (S) 0.5 (S) 0.75 (S) 0.5 (S) 1 (S)
E. coli (3) ACC ≥64 (R) ≤4 (S) 16 (R) ≥8 (R) ≤0.125 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) 16 (R) 16 (R) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) ESBL positive
Etest 24 (R) 2 (S) * >32 (R) 0.012 (S) 0.023 (S) 4 (S) 24 (R) 24 (R) >32 (R) 0.75 (S)
E. coli (4) ACC ≥64 (R) ≤4 (S) 2 (I) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤1 (S) ≥8 (R) 2 (S) ESBL positive
Etest 24 (R) 0.5 (S) 4 (I) >32 (R) 0.008 (S) 0.016 (S) 2 (S) 0.75 (S) 0.75 (S) >32 (R) 1 (S)
E. coli (5) ACC ≥64 (R) 128 (R) ≤1 (S) 0.5 (S) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤1 (S) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) CAZ, CTX susceptible
Etest >256 (R) >256 (R) 0.38 (S) 0.125 (S) 0.012 (S) 0.032 (S) 2 (S) 0.5 (S) 0.75 (S) >32 (R) 2 (S)
E. coli (6) ACC ≥64 (R) ≤4 (S) ≥32 (R) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) 16 (I) 2 (S) ≥32 (R) ≥8 (R) 2 (S) ESBL positive
Etest 64 (R) 4 (S) 12 (R) >32 (R) 0.012 (S) 0.023 (S) 8 (S) 0.5 (S) 16 (R) >32 (R) 1.5 (S)
E. coli (7) ACC ≥64 (R) 128 (R) ≤1 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤0.125 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) 16 (R) 16 (R) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) CAZ, CTX susceptible
Etest >256 (R) 64 (R) 1 (S) 0.094 (S) 0.008 (S) 0.016 (S) 1 (S) 12 (R) 16 (R) >32 (R) 1 (S)
E. coli (8) ACC 16 (R) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) 2 (S) ≤1 (S) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) ESBL positive
Etest * 0.38 (S) * >32 (R) 0.006 (S) 0.012 (S) 1 (S) 0.38 (S) 0.75 (S) >32 (R) 0.75 (S)
E. coli (9) ACC 32 (R) ≤4 (S) 16 (R) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤1 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤0.5 (S) ESBL positive
Etest 16 (R) 0.5 (S) 6 (R) >32 (R) 0.012 (S) 0.016 (S) 0.75 (S) 0.25 (S) 0.5 (S) 0.094 (S) 1 (S)
E. coli (10) ACC ≥64 (R) ≤4 (S) ≥32 (R) ≥8 (R) 0.25 (S) ≤0.25 (S) ≤4 (S) 16 (R) 8 (R) ≥8 (R) 2 (S) ESBL positive
Etest 64 (R) 0.75 (S) 16 (R) >32 (R) 0.023 (S) 0.032 (S) 1.5 (S) 0.5 (S) 1 (S) >32 (R) 1 (S)
P. aeruginosa (11) ACC 128 (R) 32 (R) ≥16 (R) ≥128 (R) ≥32 (R) ≥32 (R) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) MDR phenotype
Etest ND >256 (R) 96 (R) ND ND >32 (R) 24 (R) >256 (R) >256 (R) >32 (R) 2 (S)
P. aeruginosa (12) ACC 128 (R) 32 (R) 4 (I) ≤4 (S) 16 (R) 16 (R) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) MDR phenotype
Etest ND >256 (R) >256 (R) ND ND >32 (R) 16 (I) >256 (R) >256 (R) >32 (R) 1.5 (S)
P. aeruginosa (13) ACC 128 (R) 32 (R) ≥16 (R) ≥128 (R) 16 (R) ≥32 (R) ≥8 (R) ≤0.5 (S) MDR phenotype
Etest ND 12 (S) 24 (R) ND ND >32 (R) 24 (R) 16 (R) 24 (R) >32 (R) 0.75 (S)
a

In all, seven E. coli isolates were third-generation cephalosporin-resistant ESBL producers, and three P. aeruginosa isolates had a multidrug-resistant phenotype. The nonsusceptible phenotype was correctly detected by the Accelerate Pheno system for piperacillin-tazobactam, ceftriaxone, and meropenem in all 13 isolates (identified parenthetically as isolates 1 to 13 in column 1).

b

ACC, Accelerate Pheno.

c

Isolates are identified parenthetically as resistant (R), susceptible (S), or intermediate (I). *, Discrepant result between the Vitek 2 and the Etest were excluded from the evaluation study. –, The AST measurement was not performed by the Accelerate Pheno system for the antibiotic-pathogen combination. MDR, multidrug resistant; ND, not done; AMK, amikacin; CAZ, ceftazidime; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CRO, ceftriaxone; CST, colistin; CTX, cefotaxime; ETP, ertapenem; FEP, cefepime; GEN, gentamicin; MEM, meropenem; SAM, ampicillin-sulbactam; TOB, tobramycin; TZP, piperacillin-tazobactam.