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. 2019 Dec 5;8(49):e01125-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01125-19

TABLE 1.

Phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial susceptibility profile

Antimicrobial MIC breakpoint (mg/liter) Resistance interpretive categorya Resistance gene
Ampicillin-sulbactam 16/8 R cepA
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid 4/2 S
Cefotetan Na ≤4 S
Penicillin ≥4 R
Imipenem ≤0.12 S
Meropenem ≤0.5 S
Clindamycin ≥8 R ermF
Cefoxitin 4 S
Metronidazole ≥16 R nimL
Chloramphenicol ≥64 R Chloramphenicol-acetyltransferase
Ampicillin ≥16 R
Piperacillin 128 R
Tetracycline ≥8 R tetQ
Mezlocillin 128 NA
Piperacillin-tazobactam 2/4 S
a

The results were interpreted using CLSI M100, 29th ed. (7). R, resistant; S, susceptible; NA, CLSI breakpoints were not available.