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Table 4 Antibiotic sensitivity of infants with ESBL-positive and ESBL-negative Escherichia coli invasive infection [% (n/N)]

From: Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Escherichia coli infection in neonates from 2012 to 2019 in Xiamen, China

Antibiotic

ESBL positive group (n = 35)

ESBL negative group (n = 87)

χ2 values

P

β-lactams

Ampicillin

2.86 (1/35)

36.78 (32/87)

14.557

0.000

Piperacillin

8.57 (3/35)

35.63 (31/87)

9.092

0.003

Cefazolin

11.43 (4/35)

82.76 (72/87)

54.066

0.000

Ceftazidime

80.00 (28/35)

98.85 (86/87)

11.561

0.001

Cefotaxime

37.14 (13/35)

97.70 (85/87)

57.924

0.000

Cefepime

34.29 (12/35)

98.85 (86/87)

65.842

0.000

Compound preparations of β-lactam inhibitors

Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid

57.14 (20/35)

91.95 (80/87)

20.463

0.000

Ampicillin/sulbactam

40.00 (14/35)

57.47 (50/87)

3.055

0.080

Cefoperazone/sulbactam

97.14 (34/35)

100.00 (87/87)

0.287a

Piperacillin/tazobactam

94.29 (33/35)

100.00 (87/87)

0.081a

Carbapenems

Imipenem

100.00 (35/35)

100.00 (87/87)

Meropenem

100.00 (35/35)

100.00 (87/87)

Quinolones

Levofloxacin

54.29 (19/35)

73.56 (64/87)

4.265

0.039

Ciprofloxacin

48.57 (17/35)

70.11 (61/87)

5.024

0.025

Aminoglycosides

Gentamicin

60.00 (21/35)

89.66 (78/87)

14.348

0.000

Amikacin

100.00 (35/35)

100.00 (87/87)

Sulfonamides

Compound sulfamethoxazole

28.57 (10/35)

63.22 (55/87)

12.036

0.001

Other antibiotics

Aztreonam

65.71 (23/35)

98.85 (86/87)

25.411

0.000

  1. ESBL extended spectrum β-lactamase
  2. aFisher’s exact test