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. 2018 Nov 14;7:134. doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0423-0

Table 4.

Resistance to selected antibiotics in ESBL-producing Gram-negative ESKAPE bacteria isolated from carriage and clinical samples in a district and tertiary hospital

Antibiotics Tertiary hospital District hospital
Medical ward Surgical ward Medical ward Surgical ward
Carriage Clinical Carriage Clinical Carriage Clinical Carriage
MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%) MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%) MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%) MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%) MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%) MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%) MIC (μg/ml) range No. resistant isolates (%)
Ampicillin ≥512 4 (100) ≥32 11 (100) ≥512 1 (100) 16–32 8 (100) ≥512 4 (100) 16- ≥ 32 2 (100) ≥512 1 (100)
Cefoxitin 8–512 3 (75) 4 7 (64) 16 1 (100) 8- ≥ 64 7 (88) 128 ≥ 512 4 (100) ≥64 2 (100) ≥512 1 (100)
Cefuroxime ≥512 4 (100) ≥64 11 (100) 128 1 (100) 8–64 8 (100) 256 ≥ 512 4 (100) 16- ≥ 64 2 (100) ≥512 1 (100)
Cefotaxime ≥512 4 (100) ≥64 11 (100) 128 1 (100) 1- ≥ 64 7 (88) 32- ≥ 512 4 (100) < 1–32 2 (100) ≥512 1 (100)
Ceftazidime 512 4 (100) ≥64 8 (73) 256 1 (100) 1- ≥ 64 4 (50) 32- ≥ 512 4 (100) ≤1–16 2 (100) ≥512 1 (100)
Meropenem 0.5–2 2(50) 0.25 3 (27) 2 1 (100) 0.25 ≥ 16 4 (50) 0.25–16 2 (50) 0.25 0 (0) 16 1 (100)
Imipenem 4–8 4 (100) 0.25 3 (27) 16 1 (100) 0.5- ≥ 16 3 (37.3) 2–32 2 (50) 0.25–1 0 (0) 64 1 (100)
Ertapenem 1–2 4 (100) 0.5 0 (0) 16 1 (100) ≤0.5 0 (0) 0.25–8 3 (75) 0.5 0 (0) 64 1 (100)
Amikacin 8–128 4 (100) 8 2 (18) 64 1 (100) 2- ≥ 64 4 (50) 8–128 2 (100) 2 0 (0) ≥512 1 (100)
Gentamicin 128 4 (100) ≥16 8 (73) 8 1 (100) 1- ≥ 16 4 (50) 4–16 4 (100) 1 0 (0) ≥512 1 (100)
Ciprofloxacin 64–512 4 (100) ≥4 6 (55) 32 1 (100) 0.25- ≥ 4 5 (45) 0.5–64 3 (75) ≤0.25 0 (0) 32 1 (100)
Tigecycline 16–64 4 (100) 1 4 (36) 16 1 (100) 0.5- ≥ 8 3 (37.3) 2–64 4 (100) 1 0 (0) 8 1 (100)
Nitrofurantoin ≥512 4 (100) 128 9 (82) ≥512 1 (100) ≥512 6 (55) ≥512 4 (100) 16- ≥ 512 0 (0) ≥512 1 (100)
Colistin 8–512 4 (100) 0.5 0 (0) 8 1 (100) ≤0.5 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) ≤0.5 0 (0) ≤0.5 0