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Table 2 Antibiotic susceptibility

From: An international multicenter retrospective study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia: impact of multidrug resistance

Antibiotic class

Multidrug-resistant (n = 226)

Non-multidrug-resistant (n = 514)

P -value

Aminoglycosides

226 (29.2%)

505 (91.1%)

<0.001

Antipseudomonal carbapenems

226 (15.0%)

508 (84.6%)

<0.001

Antipseudomonal cephalosporins

226 (26.5%)

504 (93.7%)

<0.001

Antipseudomonal fluoroquinolones

222 (21.5%)

502 (88.4%)

<0.001

Antipseudomonal penicillins +

221 (22.2%)

502 (89.0%)

<0.001

β-lactamase inhibitors

Monobactams

158 (13.9%)

208 (81.2%)

<0.001

Phosphonic acids

86 (40.7%)

105 (81.0%)

<0.001

Polymyxins

159 (97.5%)

215 (92.1%)

0.025

  1. Data presented as number of isolates tested (% susceptible). Multidrug-resistant: non-susceptible to one or more agents in three or more antibiotic classes.