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. 2019 Apr 8;8(2):185–198. doi: 10.1007/s40121-019-0243-4

Table 2.

MIC50 and MIC90 values (mg/L), and EUCAST/CLSI susceptibility profiles based on data from the AWARE Surveillance Program (2012–2017 combined)

Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pneumoniae Haemophilus influenzae
All S. aureus MRSA
Ceftaroline
 Number of isolates 54,479 31,922 11,995 2973
 MIC50 0.5 0.5 0.008 ≤ 0.015
 MIC90 1 1 0.12 0.03
 EUCAST
  %S 94.1 90 98.8 94.8
  %I N/A N/A N/A N/A
  %R 5.9 10 1.2 5.2
 CLSI
  %S 94.1 90 91.5 99.8
  %I N/A N/A 6.1 N/A
  %R 5.9 10 2.4 0.2
Ceftriaxone
 MIC50 32 > 32 0.03 < 0.03
 MIC90 > 32 > 32 1 < 0.03
 EUCAST
  %S N/A N/A 81.4 98.3
  %I N/A N/A 17.4 N/A
  %R N/A N/A 8.5 1.7
 CLSI
  %S N/A N/A 81.4 100.0
  %I N/A N/A 10.1 N/A
  %R N/A N/A 8.5 0.0
Levofloxacin
 MIC50 0.5 4 1 0.015
 MIC90 > 4 > 4 1 0.03
 EUCAST
  %S 57.6 32.4 98.7 96.8
  %I N/A N/A N/A N/A
  %R 42.4 67.6 1.3 3.2
 CLSI
  %S 57.6 32.4 98.7 99.2
  %I 0.4 0.5 0.1 N/A
  %R 42.0 67.1 1.2 0.8

AWARE Assessing Worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance Evaluation, CLSI Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, EUCAST European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, I intermediate, MIC minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC50 MIC values required to inhibit 50%, MIC90 MIC values required to inhibit 90%, MRSA methicillin-resistant S. aureus, N/A not applicable, R resistant, S susceptible