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. 2017 Nov 22;61(12):e01350-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01350-17

TABLE 5.

Susceptibility of P. aeruginosa isolates to β-lactams alone and in combination with ciprofloxacin or tobramycin compared to susceptibility to ceftolozane-tazobactam monotherapya

Isolate and β-lactam % S isolates Of BL NS isolates, % CIP S % S to BL-CIP Of BL NS isolates, % TOB S % S to BL-TOB % C-T S
All patient isolates
    Cefepime 77.0 39.8 86.2 78.2 95.0 96.6
    Ceftazidime 77.0 45.7 87.5 78.9 95.1
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 71.8 49.2 85.7 80.2 94.4
    Meropenem 76.0 37.4 85.0 76.2 94.3
ICU patient isolates
    Cefepime 71.6 44.1 84.1 69.6 91.4 95.0
    Ceftazidime 68.8 49.1 84.1 74.1 91.9
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 63.0 51.1 81.9 75.2 90.8
    Meropenem 69.9 38.9 81.6 69.4 90.8
Non-ICU patient isolates
    Cefepime 79.2 37.4 87.0 82.9 96.4 97.2
    Ceftazidime 80.3 43.5 88.9 81.9 96.4
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 75.4 48.0 87.2 83.3 95.9
    Meropenem 78.4 36.6 86.3 79.9 95.7
Respiratory isolates
    Cefepime 69.6 41.6 82.7 81.2 94.7 94.7
    Ceftazidime 70.0 45.6 81.6 81.6 92.4
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 63.1 50.3 81.6 82.9 93.7
    Meropenem 70.4 37.2 81.4 74.5 92.4
Nonrespiratory isolates
    Cefepime 81.7 37.9 88.7 75.0 95.4 97.8
    Ceftazidime 81.5 45.8 90.0 76.1 95.6
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 77.4 48.0 88.3 77.5 94.9
    Meropenem 79.5 37.6 87.2 77.7 95.4
ICU patient respiratory isolates
    Cefepime 59.6 47.6 78.8 74.6 89.7 92.3
    Ceftazidime 60.3 51.6 80.8 77.4 91.0
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 50.6 50.6 75.6 75.3 87.8
    Meropenem 59.0 39.1 75.0 67.2 86.5
ICU patient nonrespiratory isolates
    Cefepime 80.8 38.5 88.2 61.5 92.6 97.0
    Ceftazidime 75.4 46.0 86.7 70.0 92.6
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 72.4 51.8 86.7 75.0 93.1
    Meropenem 78.3 38.6 86.7 72.7 94.1
Non-ICU patient respiratory isolates
    Cefepime 74.3 37.2 83.8 86.0 96.4 95.8
    Ceftazidime 74.6 41.2 85.0 84.7 96.1
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 68.9 50.0 84.4 88.5 96.4
    Meropenem 75.7 35.8 84.4 80.2 95.2
Non-ICU patient nonrespiratory isolates
    Cefepime 82.1 37.6 88.8 80.2 96.5 98.0
    Ceftazidime 83.7 45.7 91.1 79.3 96.6
    Piperacillin-tazobactam 79.3 46.2 88.8 78.6 95.6
    Meropenem 80.0 37.2 87.4 79.6 95.9
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Definitions: BL, β-lactam; CIP, ciprofloxacin; C-T, ceftolozane-tazobactam; NS, nonsusceptible; S, susceptible; TOB, tobramycin.