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. 2020 Jun 23;13:1937–1948. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S250384

Table 2.

Ranges of MIC50, MIC90 and Susceptible (%), Intermediate (%) and Resistant (%) Rates of Enterobacterales to Carbapenems and Colistin Between 2015 and 2017

N Range MIC50 (mg/L) MIC90 (mg/L) S% I% R%
All Enterobacterales
Colistin 7113 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 4 87.7 0.0 12.3
Ertapenem 7113 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 ≤ 0.06 > 4 83.6 3.0 13.4
Imipenem 7113 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 ≤ 0.5 8 83.2 5.1 11.7
Meropenem 4910 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 ≤ 0.12 16 88.0 0.4 11.6
CR-Enterobacterales
Colistin 1070 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 4 76.3 0.0 23.7
Ertapenem 1070 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 > 4 > 4 10.7 0.5 88.9
Imipenem 1070 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 32 > 32 18.4 3.6 78.0
Meropenem 811 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 > 16 > 16 27.9 2.2 69.9
CS-Enterobacterales
Colistin 5524 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 ≤ 1 92.9 0.0 7.1
Ertapenem 5524 ≤ 0.03 to 0.5 ≤ 0.06 0.25 100.0 0.0 0.0
Imipenem 5524 ≤ 0.5 to 1 ≤ 0.5 1 100.0 0.0 0.0
Meropenem 3765 ≤ 0.12 to 1 ≤ 0.12 ≤ 0.12 100.0 0.0 0.0
Escherichia coli
Colistin 3657 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 ≤ 1 94.6 0.0 5.4
Ertapenem 3657 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 ≤ 0.06 0.5 90.6 2.7 6.7
Imipenem 3657 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 ≤ 0.5 1 94.8 1.4 3.9
Meropenem 2440 ≤ 0.12 to >16 ≤ 0.12 ≤ 0.12 95.8 0.3 3.9
CR-Escherichia coli
Colistin 254 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 4 83.5 0.0 16.5
Ertapenem 254 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 > 4 > 4 3.5 0.4 96.1
Imipenem 254 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 4 > 32 38.6 5.9 55.5
Meropenem 184 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 4 > 16 44.6 3.3 52.2
CS-Escherichia coli
Colistin 3273 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 ≤ 1 95.9 0.0 4.1
Ertapenem 3273 ≤ 0.03 to 0.5 ≤ 0.06 0.25 100.0 0.0 0.0
Imipenem 3273 ≤ 0.5to 1 ≤ 0.5 ≤ 0.5 100.0 0.0 0.0
Meropenem 2181 ≤ 0.12to 0.5 ≤ 0.12 ≤ 0.12 100.0 0.0 0.0
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Colistin 2150 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 2 93.4 0.0 6.6
Ertapenem 2150 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 ≤ 0.06 > 4 73.4 2.3 24.3
Imipenem 2150 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 ≤ 0.5 > 32 75.6 2.7 21.7
Meropenem 1555 ≤ 0.12 to >16 ≤ 0.12 > 16 75.9 0.6 23.5
CR-Klebsiella pneumoniae
Colistin 534 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 4 88.6 0.0 11.4
Ertapenem 534 ≤ 0.06 to > 4 > 4 > 4 1.9 0.4 97.8
Imipenem 534 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 > 32 > 32 9.9 2.6 87.5
Meropenem 421 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 > 16 > 16 11.2 2.1 86.7
CS-Klebsiella pneumoniae
Colistin 1529 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 ≤ 1 95.8 0.0 4.3
Ertapenem 1529 ≤ 0.03to 0.5 ≤ 0.06 0.25 100.0 0.0 0.0
Imipenem 1529 ≤ 0.5 to 1 ≤ 0.5 1 100.0 0.0 0.0
Meropenem 1072 ≤ 0.12 to 1 ≤ 0.12 ≤ 0.12 100.0 0.0 0.0
Enterobacter cloacae
Colistin 407 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 4 73.5 0.0 26.5
Ertapenem 407 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 0.12 > 4 71.5 12.0 16.5
Imipenem 407 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 ≤ 0.5 8 82.6 6.6 10.8
Meropenem 272 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 ≤ 0.12 16 88.2 0.0 11.8
CR-Enterobacter cloacae
Colistin 72 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 4 79.2 0.0 20.8
Ertapenem 72 ≤ 0.06 to > 4 > 4 > 4 6.9 0.0 93.1
Imipenem 72 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 16 > 32 31.9 6.9 61.1
Meropenem 49 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 16 > 16 34.7 0.0 65.3
CS-Enterobacter cloacae
Colistin 268 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 4 74.6 0.0 25.4
Ertapenem 268 ≤ 0.03 to 0.5 ≤ 0.06 0.5 100.0 0.0 0.0
Imipenem 268 ≤ 0.5 to 1 ≤ 0.5 1 100.0 0.0 0.0
Meropenem 185 ≤ 0.12 to 0.25 ≤ 0.12 ≤ 0.12 100.0 0.0 0.0
Klebsiella aerogenes
Colistin 146 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 ≤ 1 92.5 0.0 7.5
Ertapenem 146 ≤ 0.03 to > 4 0.25 2 87.0 2.1 11.0
Imipenem 146 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 1 2 65.1 28.1 6.9
Meropenem 108 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 ≤ 0.12 0.25 94.4 0.0 5.6
CR-Klebsiella aerogenes
Colistin 16 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 > 8 87.5 0.0 12.5
Ertapenem 16 2 to > 4 > 4 > 4 0.0 0.0 100.0
Imipenem 16 ≤ 0.5 to > 32 4 > 32 37.5 0.0 62.5
Meropenem 11 ≤ 0.12 to > 16 4 > 16 45.5 0.0 54.6
CS-Klebsiella aerogenes
Colistin 86 ≤ 1 to > 8 ≤ 1 2 91.9 0.0 8.1
Ertapenem 86 ≤ 0.03 to 0.5 0.25 0.5 100.0 0.0 0.0
Imipenem 86 ≤ 0.5 to 1 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0
Meropenem 65 ≤ 0.12 to 0.25 ≤ 0.12 0.25 100.0 0.0 0.0

Abbreviations: CS, carbapenem sensitive; CR, carbapenem-resistant; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; S, susceptibility; I, intermediate; R, resistance.