Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 30;37(11):1288–1301. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.174

TABLE 6.

Percent of Pathogens Reported From Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs) That Tested Resistant to Selected Antimicrobial Agents, by Period, 2011–2014

Pathogen, antimicrobial 2011 2012 2013 2014
No. of isolates reported % of isolates testeda % Resistance No. of isolates reported % of isolates testeda % Resistance No. of isolates reported % of isolates testeda % Resistance No. of isolates reported % of isolates testeda % Resistance
Staphylococcus aureus 3,022 3,087 3,358 3,239
 OX/METH/CEFOX 93.3 52.6 92.6 51.1 91.0 52.3 90.3 50.7
Enterococcus spp.
E. faecium 1,550 1,532 1,756 1,729
  VAN 95.7 83.8 96.2 83.3 94.3 83.0 94.8 82.2
E. faecalis 1,984 2,080 2,107 1,947
  VAN 93.5 9.9 93.2 10.1 93.5 9.3 93.9 9.8
Klebsiella (pneumoniae/oxytoca) 1,851 1,936 2,075 2,200
 ESC4 85.6 28.3 84.9 28.1 85.8 28.5 85.1 24.1
 Carbapenems 74.8 11.3 75.8 13.0 74.8 13.1 73.3 10.9
 MDR1 90.2 20.9 91.6 20.3 92.9 20.3 92.6 17.2
Escherichia coli 956 1,167 1,475 1,595
 ESC4 85.1 19.7 83.5 22.2 84.9 24.4 84.6 22.2
 FQ3 91.6 41.1 90.8 42.5 89.4 47.8 90.1 49.3
 Carbapenems 74.4 1.3 73.2 1.3 71.2 2.1 70.9 1.9
 MDR1 90.2 11.1 90.7 13.8 92.1 14.9 90.9 14.1
Enterobacter spp. 1,000 1,029 1,106 1,069
 ESC4 93.5 37.3 91.6 38.2 91.9 37.7 89.8 36.1
 Carbapenems 76.7 3.0 74.2 5.2 72.8 6.2 70.7 6.6
 MDR1 93.9 8.1 93.1 10.0 93.2 10.4 92.2 9.5
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 888 877 1,100 1,016
 AMINOS 92.5 22.0 96.9 17.5 94.5 20.5 94.0 17.2
 ESC2 92.1 27.1 95.2 23.2 92.5 26.6 92.7 24.2
 FQ2 93.8 33.1 92.9 28.3 90.5 31.4 92.2 30.2
 Carbapenems 83.8 28.4 84.3 23.7 83.1 25.4 80.9 25.8
 PIP/PIPTAZ 81.0 19.9 82.3 17.9 84.6 19.0 87.2 18.4
 MDR2 95.0 21.7 96.9 16.7 93.9 19.0 94.4 17.9
Acinetobacter spp. 544 572 538 495
 Carbapenems 83.3 57.2 82.7 49.5 79.7 53.1 76.4 46.6
 MDR3 96.3 60.9 95.3 51.6 95.2 52.7 92.9 43.7

NOTE. OX/METH/CEFOX, oxacillin/methicillin/cefoxitin; VAN, vancomycin; ESC4, extended-spectrum cephalosporin (cefepime, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone); Carbapenems (imipenem, meropenem, doripenem); MDR1, multidrug-resistance (must test either intermediate [I] or resistant [R] to at least 1 drug in 3 of the 5 following classes [ESC4, FQ3, AMINO, carbapenems, & PIP/PIPTAZ]); FQ3, fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin); AMINOS, aminoglycosides (amikacin, gentamicin, tobramycin); ESC2, extended-spectrum cephalosporin (cefepime, ceftazidime); FQ2, fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin); PIP, piperacillin; PIPTAZ, piperacillin/tazobactam; MDR2, multidrug-resistance (must test either I or R to at least 1 drug in 3 of the 5 following classes [ESC2, FQ2, AMINOS, carbapenems, & PIP/PIPTAZ]); MDR3, multidrug-resistance (must test either I or R to at least 1 drug in 3 of the 6 following classes [ESC4, FQ2, AMINOS, carbapenems, PIP/PIPTAZ & ampicillin/sulbactam]).

a

If the percent of isolates tested is less than 70%, caution should be used when interpreting the percent resistance.