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Table 1 Antibiotic susceptibility of Enterobacter species causing bacteraemia

From: Risk factors for relapse or persistence of bacteraemia caused by Enterobacter spp.: a case–control study

Species

% Isolates (Number)

% Susceptibility (number tested)

CRO

GENT

TZP

TIM

CAZ

FEP

SXT

CIP

IMI

MER

Enterobacter cloacae

76.7

65.6

81.1

77.8

60.7

57.6

94.8

74.3

94.3

100

98.1

(122)

(122)

(122)

(63)

(107)

(85)

(96)

(113)

(122)

(41)

(105)

Enterobacter aerogenes

19.5

74.2

100

76.9

78.6

88.2

100

100

96.8

100

100

(31)

(31)

(31)

(13)

(28)

(17)

(27)

(29)

(31)

(8)

(29)

Other Enterobacter spp.

3.8

66.7

83.3

100

75

50

100

83.3

100

100

80

(6)

(6)

(6)

(3)

(4)

(4)

(4)

(6)

(6)

(2)

(5)

All species

100

67.3

84.9

78.5

64.7

62.3

96.1

79.7

95

100

97.8

(159)

(159)

(159)

(79a)

(139)

(106)

(127)

(148)

(159)

(51)

(139)

  1. CRO ceftriaxone, GENT gentamicin, TZP piperacillin-tazobactam, TIM ticarcillin-clavulanate, CAZ ceftazidime, FEP cefepime, CIP ciprofloxacin, MER meropenem, IMI imipenem, SXT trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole
  2. aLimited number of isolates as not routinely tested in all labs until 2010