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. 2020 Nov 25;13:4297–4308. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S224228

Table 1.

Studies of I-R Susceptibilities of Select Gram-Negative Bacteria. MIC50 and MIC90 are the Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations for 50% and 90% of Isolates, Respectively. Imipenem Susceptibility is Based on FDA-Approved MIC Breakpoints as Follows: Enterobacterales, Susceptible (S) ≤1 µg/mL, Intermediate (I) 2 µg/mL, Resistant (R) ≥4 µg/mL; P. aeruginosa, S ≤2 µg/mL, I 4 µg/mL, R ≥8 µg/mL; A. baumannii, S <2 µg/mL, I 4 µg/mL, R >8 µg/mL; Anaerobic Bacteria, S ≤4 µg/mL, I 8 µg/mL, R ≥16 µg/mL

Organism Number of Isolates I-R MIC (μg/mL) Percent Susceptible
MIC50 MIC90
Enterobacterales
 Non-proteeae Enterobacterales6 3143 0.12 0.5 99.1
 CRE6 130 0.5 2 78.5
 CRE29 62 NR NR 71
 CRE26 96 0.5 1 100
 CRE27 200 ≤0.25 0.5 NR
 OXA-48-like CRE30 20 4 ≥32 15
 KPC Enterobacterales23 110 0.25 1 90.9
 Colistin-resistant Enterobacterales27 97 ≤0.25 ≤0.25 NR
 NDM Enterobacterales23 31 32 NR 0
Escherichia coli
E. coli17 10,866 NR NR 99.9
E. coli21 2778 0.25 0.25 100
 MDR E. coli17 2020 NR NR 99.2
Klebsiella pneumoniae
K. pneumoniae17 3519 NR NR 94.4
K. pneumoniae21 891 0.25 0.25 99.3
K. pneumoniae7 1591 0.12 1 94.8
 KPC K. pneumoniae17 133 NR NR 99.2
 KPC K. pneumoniae21 111 0.25 1 97
 KPC K. pneumoniae30 92 ≤0.25 0.5 100
 KPC K. pneumoniae31 295 0.25 1 98
 CR K. pneumoniae7 179 2 >32 54.2
Enterobacter spp.
Enterobacter spp.21 211 0.25 0.5 99
Enterobacter spp.19 96 0.25 1 92
Enterobacter spp.7 772 0.12 0.5 96.8
E. cloacae17 944 NR NR 95.8
 CR E. cloacae17 49a NR NR 18.4
 CR E. cloacae7 34 4 8 26.5
Serratia marcescens
Serratia marcescens23 9 1 8 67
Citrobacter spp.
Citrobacter spp.19 4 0.25 2 75
P. aeruginosa
P. aeruginosa21 490 0.5 2 98
P. aeruginosa8 845 0.5 2 94.2
P. aeruginosa17 1959 NR 2 93.9
P. aeruginosa7 1705 0.25 2 94.7
P. aeruginosa32 42 NR 1–64 64
P. aeruginosa35 538 0.25 2 91.5
P. aeruginosa36 1445 0.5 1 97.3
 CR P. aeruginosa21 144 1 2 92
 CR P. aeruginosa8 251 2 4 80.5
 CR P. aeruginosa7 477 2 32 81.1
 CR P. aeruginosa6 227 2 8 78
A. baumannii
A. baumannii21 158 2 >16 51
A. baumannii8 72 4 >32 45.8
A. baumannii7 486 32 >32 10.3
Anaerobic bacteria
B. fragilis39 38 0.125 2 NR
B. fragilis38 220 0.25 0.5 99.1
Bacteroides non-fragilis spp.38 231 0.25 1 99.6
B. cacae38 10 0.25 0.25 100
B. vulgatus38 22 0.5 1 100
B. uniformis38 22 0.25 0.5 100
B. ovatus38 43 0.25 0.5 100
B. thetaiotaomicron38 103 0.25 0.5 99
Parabacteroides distasonis38 24 0.5 1 100

Note: a81.6% (40/49) of isolates carried MBL and/or OXA-48-like carbapenemases.

Abbreviations: CR, carbapenem-resistant; CRE, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; NDM, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase; NR, not reported.