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. 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 7.

Percent of Pathogens Reported From Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) 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 328 665 742 780
 OX/METH/CEFOX 96.6 55.8 92.9 56.8 92.7 55.5 92.9 52.0
Enterococcus spp.
E. faecium 598 1,148 1,255 1,211
  VAN 96.2 83.8 96.6 86.0 96.5 86.2 96.1 85.1
E. faecalis 1,460 2,911 3,112 3,245
  VAN 94.1 7.1 92.2 7.4 92.5 9.1 93.6 8.0
Klebsiella (pneumoniae/oxytoca) 2,035 4,170 4,541 4,725
 ESC4 84.2 21.8 84.6 20.6 85.3 23.9 84.6 22.5
 Carbapenems 67.3 10.7 71.8 9.1 71.1 10.9 68.8 9.5
 MDR1 90.3 14.8 91.2 15.0 93.5 17.2 93.2 14.6
Escherichia coli 4,826 10,512 10,628 10,840
 ESC4 82.8 12.9 82.6 12.8 84.0 15.5 84.0 16.1
 FQ3 96.3 32.7 96.1 31.0 96.2 35.4 96.3 34.8
 Carbapenems 63.8 1.2 66.2 0.8 67.5 1.0 66.6 1.1
 MDR1 87.8 5.5 89.4 6.2 92.8 8.1 93.7 8.0
Enterobacter spp. 727 1,614 1,707 1,641
 ESC4 93.1 40.6 92.7 39.5 91.9 38.8 92.9 40.5
 Carbapenems 67.1 3.9 68.7 4.2 67.9 7.1 70.7 6.5
 MDR1 92.0 10.5 95.2 9.4 94.8 10.5 95.2 11.2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2,023 4,320 4,848 4,657
 AMINOS 94.4 25.1 97.8 19.9 97.6 22.4 97.6 21.1
 ESC2 95.9 25.0 96.0 22.3 95.6 24.0 96.3 22.5
 FQ2 96.6 34.5 96.7 31.2 96.4 34.0 96.7 32.6
 Carbapenems 78.6 22.3 80.8 20.9 82.1 24.8 80.6 23.9
 PIP/PIPTAZ 77.4 16.5 77.2 15.1 86.8 15.8 89.5 15.5
 MDR2 97.2 18.6 97.9 16.7 97.5 19.3 97.6 17.7
Acinetobacter spp. 158 294 345 276
 Carbapenems 73.4 69.0 75.5 57.7 78.8 66.5 81.5 64.0
 MDR3 98.7 75.6 96.9 64.6 96.8 73.1 96.0 69.1

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

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