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Table 2 Secular trend of antimicrobial non-susceptibility in Acinetobacter baumannii complex from the 2002 to 2010 Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (TSAR) program

From: Emergence of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complex over 10 years: Nationwide data from the Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (TSAR) program

Antimicrobial agentsa

Resistance rate (%) by year

2002 to 2006b

2006 to 2010

2002 (298)

2004 (259)

2006 (304)

2008 (418)

2010 (361)

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

Amikacin

63.1

68

70.7

66.5

64.3

0.046

1.19

1.003-1.411

0.081

0.865

0.735-1.018

Amp/Sulb

57.4

64.1

57.6

61.5

59.6

0.971

1.003

0.852-1.180

0.637

1.038

0.889-1.212

Cefepime

64.1

70.7

74

71.3

60.9

0.008

1.265

1.062-1.507

<0.001

0.731

0.619-0.864

Ceftazidime

68.1

73.4

76.6

74.6

70.4

0.019

1.241

1.036-1.486

0.063

0.848

0.712-1.009

Ciprofloxacin

68.8

75.3

76

75.4

75.3

0.047

1.202

1.002-1.441

0.853

0.983

0.824-1.174

Gentamicin

73.5

78.8

76.6

70.3

72.9

0.367

1.09

0.904-1.315

0.311

0.915

0.770-1.087

Imipenem

3.4

18.1

31.6

51.4

58.7

<0.001

3.043

2.348-3.944

<0.001

1.732

1.478-2.029

Levofloxacin

66.1

72.6

74.3

73.9

71.2

0.027

1.222

1.023-1.458

0.349

0.921

0.775-1.094

Pip/Tazo

62.8

76.8

75.3

74.6

68.4

0.001

1.363

1.139-1.631

0.041

0.835

0.703-0.992

TMP/SMX

73.8

75.7

NTc

NT

71.5

NDd

  

ND

  
  1. aAmp/Sulb, Ampicillin/sulbactam; Pip/Tazo, Piperacillin/tazobactam; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
  2. bOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
  3. cNT, not tested.
  4. dND, not done.