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Table 3 Resistance rates (%) of major gram-negative bacteria of PBM patients in China, 2016–2018

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from cerebrospinal fluid among children with bacterial meningitis in China from 2016 to 2018: a multicenter retrospective study

Antimicrobial agent

Eco

A/B (%)

Kpn

A/B (%)

Aba

A/B (%)

Pae

A/B (%)

Ampicillin

105/125 (84.0)

25/26 (96.2)

14/18 (77.8)

12/13 (92.3)

Piperacillin

56/68 (82.4)

11/14 (78.6)

3/5 (60.0)

5/13 (38.5)

Cefazolin

52/104 (50.0)

18/23 (78.3)

–

–

Cefuroxime

11/21 (52.4)

4/8 (50.0)

–

–

Cefoxitin

0/30 (0)

5/8 (62.5)

–

–

Ceftriaxone

44/89 (49.4)

10/15 (66.7)

8/15 (53.3)

–

Cefotaxime

30/61 (49.2)

14/20 (70.0)

5/8 (62.5)

–

Ceftazidime

38/140 (26.4)

20/32 (62.5)

8/21 (38.1)

5/16 (31.2)

Cefepime

45/140 (32.1)

17/32 (53.1)

7/21 (33.3)

3/17 (17.6)

Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid

–

–

8/13 (61.5)

–

Ampicillin/Sulbactam

58/102 (56.9)

20/26 (76.9)

5/15 (33.3)

7/7 (100)

Piperacillin/tazobactam

3/122 (2.5)

20/30 (66.7)

5/12 (41.7)

4/10 (40.0)

Cefoperazone/sulbactam

1/17 (5.9)

–

–

–

Tobramycin

23/56 (41.1)

2/8 (25.0)

1/10 (10.0)

¼ (25.0)

Gentamicin

49/127 (38.6)

13/30 (43.3)

5/19 (41.7)

2/13 (15.4)

Amikacin

0/142 (0)

11/31 (35.5)

2/16 (12.5)

1/16 (6.2)

Ciprofloxacin

73/131 (55.7)

12/29 (41.4)

5/20 (25.0)

1/13 (7.7)

Levofloxacin

74/138 (53.6)

12/32 (37.5)

5/21 (23.8)

3/16 (18.8)

Aztreonam

43/124 (34.7)

17/26 (65.4)

–

2/4 (50.0)

Tetracycline

60/76 (78.9)

9/30 (30.0)

5/9 (55.6)

–

Co-trimoxazole

97/141 (68.8)

5/34 (14.7)

13/22 (59.1)

–

Meropenem

6/88 (6.8)

16/25 (64.0)

6/11 (54.5)

2/13 (15.4)

Ertapenem

0/79 (0)

1/12 (8.3)

–

–

Imipenem

4/140 (2.9)

5/22 (22.7)

6/19 (31.6)

6/16 (37.5)

  1. PBM, pediatric bacterial meningitis; Eco, Escherichia coli; Kpn, Klebsiella pneumoniae; Aba, Acinetobacter baumannii; Pae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  2. A/B (%), number resistant/number tested (percentage resistant)
  3. A dash (–) indicates that antibiotics were not tested against the isolated pathogens