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. 2020 May;8(9):604. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.02.158

Table 2. Number of isolates showing halos ≥1.5 cm (susceptibility, S) or not (resistance, R) around cefoxitin (FOX), cefepime (FEP), and imipenem (IMP) disks according to the type of resistance.

Mechanisms Microorganisms IMP/FEP/FOX Total
S/S/S S/R/S R/R/R S/S/R R/S/R S/R/R
Other mechanisms S. maltophilia 3 3
AmpC K. oxytoca 1 1
K. pneumoniae 2 2
P. mirabilis 1 1
K. aerogenes 2 2
E. cloacae 2 1 12 1 16
E. coli 4 4
C. amalonaticus 1 1
C. freundii 1 1
CBP
   OXA K. pneumoniae 4
A. baumannii 1 14 15
   VIM E. coli 1 1
P. aeruginosa 1 1
K. oxytoca 2 1 3
K. pneumoniae 2 2
E. cloacae 1 3 4
   IMPase K. pneumoniae 1 1
P. aeruginosa 5 10 15
   KPC K. pneumoniae 4 3 1 8
ESBL P. mirabilis 2 2
E. coli 38 38
K. pneumoniae 36 7 43

CBP, carbapenemases; ESBL, extended spectrum β-lactamases; KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases; IMPase, carbapenemases type IMP; VIM, Verona integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase; OXA, oxacillinases.