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. 2019 Dec 20;64(1):e01595-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01595-19

TABLE 1.

Activities of β-lactam–β-lactamase inhibitor antimicrobial agents and comparators against bacterial strains

Species or group (no. of isolates) Antimicrobial agent MIC (μg/ml)
% Susceptiblea
Range MIC50 MIC90
Achromobacter (100) Ceftazidime 1 to >32 8 32 71
Ceftazidime-avibactam 1 to >32 8 32 78
Ceftolozane-tazobactam ≤0.5 to >32 >32 >32 1
Meropenem ≤0.5 to >32 1 >32 72
Meropenem-vaborbactam ≤0.5 to 32 ≤0.5 8 86
Piperacillin-tazobactam ≤2 to >128 ≤2 128 87
Burkholderia cepacia complex (150) Ceftazidime ≤0.5 to >32 4 8 91
Ceftazidime-avibactam ≤0.5 to >32 4 4 97
Ceftolozane-tazobactam ≤0.5 to >32 1 8 89
Meropenem ≤0.5 to >32 2 4 90
Meropenem-vaborbactam ≤0.5 to >32 1 2 97
Piperacillin-tazobactam ≤2 to >128 4 64 85
Burkholderia gladioli (50) Ceftazidime 4 to >32 16 32 20
Ceftazidime-avibactam 2 to >32 16 16 24
Ceftolozane-tazobactam 2 to >32 16 32 12
Meropenem ≤0.5 to 4 1 2 100
Meropenem-vaborbactam ≤0.5 to 4 1 2 100
Piperacillin-tazobactam ≤2 to 4 ≤2 ≤2 100
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (100) Ceftazidime ≤0.5 to >32 32 >32 34
Ceftazidime-avibactam ≤0.5 to >32 16 >32 40
Ceftolozane-tazobactam ≤0.5 to >32 32 >32 27
Meropenem ≤0.5 to >32 >32 >32 11
Meropenem-vaborbactam ≤0.5 to >32 >32 >32 12
Piperacillin-tazobactam ≤2 to >128 128 >128 18
Pandoraea (20) Ceftazidime >32 >32 >32 0
Ceftazidime-avibactam >32 >32 >32 0
Ceftolozane-tazobactam >32 >32 >32 0
Meropenem 32 to >32 >32 >32 0
Meropenem-vaborbactam 32 to >32 >32 >32 0
Piperacillin-tazobactam 8 to >128 64 >128 5
a

Susceptibility based on CLSI breakpoints established for Pseudomonas aeruginosa as follows: ceftazidime, ≤8 μg/ml; ceftazidime-avibactam, ≤8 μg/ml; ceftolozane-tazobactam, ≤4 μg/ml; meropenem, ≤4 μg/ml; meropenem-vaborbactam, ≤4 μg/ml; piperacillin-tazobactam, ≤16 μg/ml.