Table 4.
Antibiotic Susceptibility of Pathogenic Bacterial Blood Culture Isolates From Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
| Antibiotics | P | AML | AMC | CRO | E | TE | SXT | CN | C | CIP | FOX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Total No. | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a | No.a |
| Gram-positive | ||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Staphylococcus lugdunensis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - |
| Gram-negative | - | |||||||||||
| Enterococcus faecium | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Escherichia coli | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Moraxella cattarhalis | 2 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Acinetobater baumanni | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Burkholderia cepacia b | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Citrobacter koseri | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Proteus mirabilis | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Abbreviations: -, not tested; AML, amoxicillin; AMC, amoxicillin, clavulanate; C, chloramphenicol; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CN, gentamicin; CRO, ceftriaxone; E, erythromycin; FOX, cefoxitin; P, penicillin; SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; TE, tetracycline.
aNumber of resistant isolates.
bHas been performed, but disc diffusion interpretative breakpoints are not available.