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. 2022 Jun 21;77(9):2569–2571. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac197

Table 1.

Susceptibility testing of the K. pneumoniae isolates

K. pneumoniae, blood culture, admission K. pneumoniae, blood culture, hospital day 32
MIC (mg/L) interpretation MIC (mg/L) interpretation
VITEK®2 GN74
 amikacin ≥64 R ≥64 R
 ampicillin/sulbactam ≥32/16 R ≥32/16 R
 aztreonam ≥64 R ≥64 R
 cefazolin ≥64 R ≥64 R
 cefepime ≥64 R ≥64 R
 cefoxitin ≥64 R ≥64 R
 ceftazidime ≥64 R ≥64 R
 ceftriaxone ≥64 R ≥64 R
 gentamicin ≥16 R ≥16 R
 levofloxacin ≥8 R ≥8 R
 meropenem ≥16 R ≥16 R
 piperacillin/tazobactam ≥128/4 R ≥128/4 R
 tobramycin ≥16 R ≥16 R
 trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole ≥16/304 R ≥16/304 R
Gradient diffusion
 ceftazidime/avibactam ≥256 R ≥256 R
 ceftolozane/tazobactam ≥256 R ≥256 R
 meropenem/vaborbactam ≥256 R 24a R
 tigecyclineb 1.5 S 4 I
Disc diffusion
 cefiderocol 18 mm S
PAP testing
 cefiderocol ≥32 HR ≥32 HR
 aztreonam ≥64 R ≥64 R
 ceftazidime/avibactam ≥64/4 R ≥64/4 R
 aztreonam/avibactam 4/4 S 4/4 S

S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant; HR, heteroresistant; PAP, population analysis profiling.

Interpretations reported using CLSI breakpoints.

a

True MIC reported.

b

Tigecycline is reported using FDA breakpoints.