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Table 2 Antimicrobial resistance in Polish ICUs by VAP, 2013–2015

From: Epidemiology of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, microbiological diagnostics and the length of antimicrobial treatment in the Polish Intensive Care Units in the years 2013-2015

 

Number of isolates

Antibiotic or resistant codes

Non susceptible N (%)

Gram-positive cocci

Staphylococcus aureus

27

MRSA

2 (7.4)

ampicillin

0 (0)

glycopeptides

0 (0)

Enterobacteriaceae

Escherichia coli

12

ampicillin

7 (58.3)

ceftazidime

3 (25.0)

cefotaxim/ceftriaxone

3 (25.0)

imipenem

1 (8.3)

meropenem/doripenem

0 (0)

ESBL

1 (8.3)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

31

ampicillin

28 (90.3)

ceftazidime

22 (71.0)

cefotaxim/ceftriaxone

23 (74.2)

imipenem

0 (0)

meropenem/doripenem

0 (0)

ESBL

15 (48.4)

Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria

Acinetobacter baumannii.

34

imipenem

24 (70.6)

meropenem/doripenem

18 (52.9)

colistin

0 (0.0)

sulbactam

14 (41.2)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

10

piperacillin

2 (20.0)

ceftazidime

2 (20.0)

colistin

0 (0.0)

imipenem

2 (20.0)

meropenem/doripenem

2 (20.0)

  1. ESBL Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, VAP Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia