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Table 2 Antimicrobial activity against resistant respiratory Enterobacterales isolates by subset (ATLAS 2016–2018)

From: In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical respiratory isolates to ceftazidime-avibactam and comparators (2016–2018)

Organism

Antimicrobial

MIC (mg/L)

%S

%I

%R

MIC90

Range

Enterobacterales,

ESBL-positive (n = 1963)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

≥64

1–≥64

14.5

N/A

85.5

Piperacillin-tazobactam

≥256

≤0.25–≥256

40.4

12.5

47.1

Aztreonam

≥256

0.06–≥256

0.7

4.2

95.1

Ceftazidime

≥256

0.25–≥256

2.6

8.2

89.2

Ceftazidime-avibactam

2

≤0.015–≥256

93.6

N/A

6.4

Cefepime

≥64

≤0.12–≥64

2.9

7.4

89.8

Imipenem

≥16

≤0.03–≥16

82.7

4.0

13.3

Meropenem

16

0.015–≥32

84.1

3.3

12.6

Levofloxacin

≥16

≤0.03–≥16

18.3

12.0

69.7

Colistin (n = 1931)a

1

≤0.06–≥16

94.6

N/A

5.4

Amikacin

32

≤0.25–≥128

82.5

N/A

17.5

Tigecyclineb

2

≤0.015–≥16

98.8

0.0

1.2

Enterobacterales,

ESBL/carbapenemase-

positive (n = 351)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

≥64

1–≥64

0.6

N/A

99.4

Piperacillin-tazobactam

≥256

0.25–≥256

1.7

0.3

98.0

Aztreonam

≥256

0.12–≥256

1.1

2.0

96.9

Ceftazidime

≥256

0.5–≥256

1.4

1.7

96.9

Ceftazidime-avibactam

≥256

0.03–≥256

64.7

N/A

35.3

Cefepime

≥64

≤0.12–≥64

1.1

2.6

96.3

Imipenem

≥16

0.25–≥16

16.2

12.0

71.8

Meropenem

≥32

0.03–≥32

18.8

13.7

67.5

Levofloxacin

≥16

0.06–≥16

6.0

4.8

89.2

Colistin (n = 346)a

≥16

≤0.06–≥16

79.2

N/A

20.8

Amikacin

≥128

0.5–≥128

58.1

N/A

41.9

Tigecyclineb

2

0.06–8

92.9

0.0

7.1

Enterobacterales,

carbapenemase positive/

MBL-negative (n = 362)

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

≥64

1–≥64

0.6

N/A

99.4

Piperacillin-tazobactam

≥256

0.25–≥256

1.1

0.6

98.3

Aztreonam

≥256

0.06–≥256

7.5

1.1

91.4

Ceftazidime

≥256

0.25–≥256

7.5

3.3

89.2

Ceftazidime-avibactam

4

≤0.015–≥256

98.9

N/A

1.1

Cefepime

≥64

≤0.12–≥64

6.1

5.8

88.1

Imipenem

≥16

0.25–≥16

19.3

14.6

66.0

Meropenem

≥32

0.03–≥32

21.8

19.3

58.8

Levofloxacin

≥16

0.06–≥16

7.2

5.2

87.6

Colistin (n = 359)a

≥16

≤0.06–≥16

74.1

N/A

25.9

Amikacin

64

0.5–≥128

59.1

N/A

40.9

Tigecyclineb

2

0.06–8

100

0.0

0.0

Enterobacterales,

MBL-positive (n = 157)c

Amoxicillin-clavulanate

≥64

32–≥64

0.0

N/A

100

Piperacillin-tazobactam

≥256

2–≥256

3.8

0.0

96.2

Aztreonam

≥256

≤0.015–≥256

10.8

3.8

85.4

Ceftazidime

≥256

32–≥256

0.0

0.0

100

Ceftazidime-avibactam

≥256

16–≥256

0.0

N/A

100

Cefepime

≥64

4–≥64

0.0

1.3

98.7

Imipenem

≥16

1–≥16

7.0

8.3

84.7

Meropenem

≥32

0.25–≥32

10.8

15.9

73.2

Levofloxacin

≥16

0.06–≥16

10.2

3.2

86.6

Colistin (n = 146)a

4

≤0.06–≥16

89.0

N/A

11.0

Amikacin

≥128

0.5–≥128

42.7

N/A

57.3

Tigecyclineb

2

0.12–8

90.0

0.0

10.0

  1. MIC minimum inhibitory concentration; MIC90 MIC required to inhibit the growth of 90% of isolates; %S percent susceptible, standard dosing regimen; %I percent susceptible, increased exposure; %R percent resistant; N/A not applicable; ESBL extended-spectrum β-lactamase; MBL metallo-β-lactamase
  2. aIsolates of Morganella spp., Proteus spp., Providencia spp. or Serratia spp. were excluded due to intrinsic resistance
  3. bTigecycline EUCAST breakpoints only apply to isolates of Citrobacter koseri and Escherichia coli
  4. cIsolates in this subset are carbapenemase-positive and MBL-positive