Table 2.

Rates of carbapenem resistance amongst Pseudomonas aeruginosa in China.

Location	Rate (%)		Study date	Reference
	Imipenem	Meropenem
14 hospitals across China (CHINET 2009)	30.5	25.2	2009	[62]
Shanghai hospitals, China	22.8	19.2	2008	[116]
12 hospitals across China (CHINET 2008)	30.5	24.5	2008	[70]
12 hospitals across China (CHINET 2007)	36.0	28.5	2008	[77]
Shanghai hospitals, China	26.7	18.8	2007	[100]
A cancer centre in Guangzhou, China	21.4	–	2006–2007	[86]
A hospital in Xinjiang, China	24.2	18.5	2003–2007	[130]
Shanghai hospitals, China	24.4	15.5	2006	[120]
A hospital in Shanghai, China	39.3	59.6	2005	[121]
8 hospitals across China (CHINET 2005)	31.3	33.7	2005	[98]
7 teaching hospitals across China	31.3	33.7	2005	[131]
A hospital in Hangzhou, China	33.4	25.2	2005	[122]
A hospital in Chongqing, China	37.2	39.4	2004–2005	[123]
17 hospitals across 15 Chinese cities	10.6	–	2004–2005	[71]
A hospital ICU in Shenzhen, China	54.3	52.2	2002–2004	[132]
Shanghai hospitals, China	24.5	16.9	2003	[127]
A hospital in Guangzhou, China	10.5	–	2002–2003	[133]
A hospital in Tongling, China	6.0	–	1997–2003	[134]
ICUs from 19 hospitals in seven Chinese central cities	38.0	–	2002	[60]
11 hospitals in Shanghai, China	20.0	–	1999	[90]

ICU, Intensive Care Unit.