Table 4.
Findings of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) summarizing the frequency of nosocomial Enterobacteriaceae isolates resistant to third-generation cephalosporins in 2006 and 2009.34, 35
| Country | % Resistance (total no. isolates) |
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E. coli |
K. pneumoniae |
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| 2006 | 2009 | 2006 | 2009 | |
| Argentina | 4 (12001) | 18 (1659) | 57 (3278)a | 58 (1518) |
| Bolivia | 33 (1079) | 37 (2923) | 14–47 (646)a | 27–50 (984) |
| Colombia | – | 8-9 (9607) | – | 30 (3607) |
| Dominican Republic | 35–40 (516) | 23 (3061) | 30 (828) | 26 (2510) |
| Ecuador | 10–13 (2582) | 18–20 (2736) | 14–18 (457) | 42–48 (890) |
| El Salvador | 4 (1306) | 18–32 (2498) | 14–15 (421) | 46–50 (1007) |
| Guatemala | 67–70 (1729) | 24 (4921) | 68–75 (1456) | 52–53 (3001) |
| Honduras | 21–32 (524) | 30–32 (1273) | 44–54 (449) | 58–67 (871) |
| Nicaragua | 19 (508) | 0–0.5 (1081) | 65 (312) | 0.3 (383) |
| Panama | 4–8 (2522) | 8 (3040) | 23–37 (1263) | 26–39 (1749) |
| Paraguay | 6–15 (1119) | 16 (694) | 37–55 (1055) | 57–59 (721) |
| Peru | 43–56 (463/282) | 32 (1401/1766) | 68–71 (185/169) | 66 (583) |
| Venezuela | 4–10 (11316) | 13–14 (1450) | 38–39 (2666)a | 60 (377) |
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Klebsiella spp.