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. 2022 Oct 27;27(43):2200795. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.43.2200795

Table. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) range, MIC50, MIC90 of cefiderocol-resistant NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary care hospital outbreak in Florence, Italy, August 2021–June 2022 (n = 21).

Antibiotics AMC AZAa CAZ CAA CEP CRO CTA ERT MEM PTZ AMK GNT CIP LEV CLS FOS T/S TIGb
MIC range (mg/L) > 64 0.125 to 0.5 > 64 32 to > 64 > 16 > 4 > 64 2 to > 2 32 to > 64 64 to > 128 16 to > 16 > 8 > 1 > 8 ≤ 0.5 to 1 4 to > 128 > 8/152 ≤ 0.25 to 0.5
MIC50 (mg/L) > 64 0.25 > 64 > 64 > 16 > 4 > 64 > 2 32 > 128 > 16 > 8 > 1 > 8 ≤ 0.5 16 > 8/152 ≤ 0.25
MIC90 (mg/L) > 64 0.25 > 64 > 64 > 16 > 4 > 64 > 2 > 64 > 128 > 16 > 8 > 1 > 8 1 > 128 > 8/152 0.5
S 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 12 0 21

AMC: amoxicillin-clavulanic acid; AMK: amikacin; AZA: aztreonam-avibactam; CAA: ceftazidime/avibactam; CAZ: ceftazidime; CEP: cefepime; CIP: ciprofloxacin; CRO: ceftriaxone; CST: colistin; CTA: ceftolozane-tazobactam; ERT: ertapenem; FOS: fosfomycin; GNT: gentamicin; LEV: levofloxacin; MEM: meropenem; MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; S: number of susceptible isolates; PTZ: piperacillin-tazobactam; T/S: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TGC: tigecycline.

a Interpreted according to aztreonam clinical breakpoints [16].

b Interpreted according to pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) EUCAST clinical breakpoints [16].

MICs were obtained using reference broth microdilution or agar dilution for fosfomycin [15].