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. 2017 Feb 23;15(2):e04694. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4694

Table 45.

Occurrence of resistance to beta‐lactam and carbapenem compounds in indicator E. coli isolates from fattening pigs collected within the routine monitoring and subjected to supplementary testing (panel 2) in 2015

Country Total number of E. coli tested Number subjected to supplementary testing and number resistant
Cefotaxime Ceftazidime Cefoxitin Cefepime Ertapenem Temocillin
N n Res N n Res N n Res N n Res N n Res N n Res
Austria 163 4 3 4 3 4 0 4 3 4 0 4 0
Belgium 186 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0
Cyprus 55 4 3 4 3 4 1 4 3 4 0 4 0
Czech Republic 187 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 2 5 0 5 0
Estonia 85 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
France 200 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Germany 212 8 7 8 6 8 2 8 5 8 0 8 0
Greece 116 6 6 6 6 6 0 6 6 6 0 6 0
Hungary 170 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0
Ireland 147 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Netherlands 298 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Poland 170 9 7 9 6 9 0 9 6 9 0 9 0
Portugal 198 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 0 10 0
Romania 399 6 6 6 6 6 2 6 5 6 0 6 0
Spain 170 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Sweden 200 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
Total (MSs 16) 2,956 63 56 63 53 63 12 63 45 63 0 63 0
Norway 270 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0
Switzerland 182 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0

No E. coli isolates from fattening pigs were resistant to meropenem. Cyprus reported the presence of one isolate resistant to imipenem.

Interpretive cut‐off applied for temocillin: > 32 mg/L.

ECOFFs: epidemiological cut‐off values; N: number of the isolates tested; n Res: number of the isolates resistant; MSs: Member States.