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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibilities

From: Epidemiology of bacteremia caused by uncommon non-fermentative gram-negative bacteria

Antimicrobial agents

% Susceptible (number of susceptible isolates/number of tested isolates)

A. baumannii

P. aeruginosa

S. maltophilia

B. pseudomallei

Ceftazidime

22.9 (16/70)

80.4 (45/56)

40.0 (2/5)

100.0 (6/6)

Cefepime

20.8 (15/72)

74.1 (40/54)

-

-

Piperacillin/tazobactam

20.6 (15/73)

91.5 (54/59)

-

-

Ciprofloxacin

18.6 (13/70)

75.4 (43/57)

-

-

Gentamycin

28.2 (20/71)

79.3 (46/58)

-

-

Imipenem/cilastatin

23.3 (17/73)

89.7 (52/58)

-

100.0 (6/6)

Cotrimoxazole

30.0 (21/70)

-

80.0 (8/10)

75.0 (45/60)

Multi-drug resistance*

68.5 (50/73)

5.1 (3/59)

-

-

Polymyxin E **

87.2 (41/47)

80.0 (4/5)

-

-

Tigecycline**

31.3 (10/32)

-

-

-

  1. *% Resistant (number of resistant isolates/number of tested isolates).
  2. ** Polymyxin E and tigecycline were only tested against some multi-drug resistant isolates.