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Table 2 Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibilities of blood isolates in patients with non-ventilator and ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia

From: Acinetobacter baumannii nosocomial pneumonia: is the outcome more favorable in non-ventilated than ventilated patients?

 

Resistance, n (%)

 

Antimicrobial agent

Non-ventilator associated (n = 48)

Ventilator-associated (n = 96)

pValue

Amikacin

27 (56.3)

86 (89.6)

<0.001

Gentamicin

32 (68.1)

88 (93.6)

<0.001

Ceftazidime

30 (63.8)

93 (96.9)

<0.001

Cefepime

22 (45.8)

73 (76.0)

0.001

Piperacillin/tazobactam

25 (52.1)

77 (80.2)

0.001

Ampicillin/sulbactam

17 (36.2)

62 (65.3)

0.002

Ciprofloxacin

33 (68.8)

93 (96.9)

<0.001

Imipenem

13 (27.1)

47 (49.0)

0.020

Multidrug resistancea

31 (64.6)

94 (97.9)

<0.001

  1. aDefinition: resistance to three or more of the following classes of antimicrobial agents: anti-pseudomonal cephalosporins, anti-pseudomonal carbapenems, ampicillin/sulbactam, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides.
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