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. 2019 Sep 24;57(10):e00674-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00674-19

TABLE 3.

Modeled performance of CTX-M/KPC/NDM to predict nonsusceptible E. coli, Klebsiella species, and Proteus mirabilis across different prevalences of resistancea

Resistance (%) No. of VMEb Ceftriaxone
TZP
Meropenem
VME (n) LCL UCL VME (n) LCL UCL VME (n) LCL UCL
5 0 1.03 0.23 1.19 1.33 1.28 1.37 0.39 0.23 0.65
10 0 2.07 0.47 2.38 2.65 2.57 2.74 0.79 0.47 1.30
15 0 3.10 0.70 3.57 3.98 3.85 4.11 1.18 0.70 1.95
20 0 4.13 0.93 4.76 5.31 5.14 5.48 1.58 0.93 2.60
25 0 5.16 1.17 5.95 6.64 6.42 6.85 1.97 1.17 3.25
30 0 6.20 1.40 7.14 7.96 7.70 8.22 2.36 1.40 3.90
35 0 7.23 1.63 8.33 9.29 8.99 9.59 2.76 1.63 4.55
40 0 8.26 1.86 9.52 10.62 10.27 10.96 3.15 1.86 5.20
45 0 9.29 2.10 10.71 11.95 11.56 12.33 3.55 2.10 5.86
50 1 10.33 2.33 11.90 13.27 12.84 13.71 3.94 2.33 6.51
a

LCL, lower confidence limit; UCL, upper confidence limit; TZP, piperacillin-tazobactam; VME, very major error (total number expected per 100 isolates tested).

b

The number of VME accepted by the FDA.