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Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 30;37(11):1288–1301. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.174

TABLE 8.

Percent of Pathogens Reported From Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (VAPs) That Tested Resistant to Selected Antimicrobial Agents, by Period, 2011–2012

Pathogen, antimicrobial 2011a 2012a
No. of isolates reported % of isolates testedb % Resistancec No. of isolates reported % of isolates testedb % Resistancec
Staphylococcus aureus 1,062 1,117
 OX/METH/CEFOX 96.5 46.1 96.5 42.4
Enterococcus spp.
E. faecium 13 10
  VAN 84.6 100.0
E. faecalis 14 18
  VAN 78.6 94.4
Klebsiella (pneumoniae/oxytoca) 424 474
 ESC4 88.4 23.2 86.3 21.0
 Carbapenems 75.9 11.5 75.1 10.1
 MDR1 93.6 15.9 93.9 12.8
Escherichia coli 219 257
 ESC4 88.1 15.0 81.7 16.7
 FQ3 96.3 38.9 93.4 30.8
 Carbapenems 79.5 1.1 69.3 2.2
 MDR1 94.5 7.7 92.6 9.7
Enterobacter spp. 338 389
 ESC4 95.6 30.0 93.6 26.9
 Carbapenems 76.6 1.9 72.2 3.2
 MDR1 95.6 5.3 96.1 2.9
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 702 747
 AMINOS 94.7 23.3 96.9 18.2
 ESC2 96.6 29.4 94.8 25.7
 FQ2 96.3 31.8 94.0 31.9
 Carbapenems 87.3 27.6 81.7 28.4
 PIP/PIPTAZ 83.3 19.1 81.5 19.4
 MDR2 98.1 20.8 96.4 19.9
Acinetobacter spp. 287 252
 Carbapenems 85.0 63.5 82.9 55.5
 MDR3 98.6 63.3 98.8 53.8

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

This report includes VAP data from 2011–2012 only.

b

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

c

Percent resistance is calculated only when at least 20 isolates have been tested.