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Table 2 Cross-resistance of K. pneumoniae isolates non-susceptible against one carbapenem to other tested carbapenems

From: Carbapenem non-susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in hospitals from 2011 to 2016, data from the German Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ARS)

 

Additional non-susceptibility (R + I) against

Non-susceptibility (R + I) against

Meropenem

Imipenem

Ertapenem

Meropenem (n = 634)

–

501/619 (80.9%)

299/314 (95.2%)

Imipenem (n = 569)

501/562 (89.1%)

–

252/272 (92.6%)

Ertapenem (n = 596)

252/591 (42.6%)

299/590 (50.7%)

–

  1. R resistant, I intermediate