Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Letter
NDM-1–producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, Croatia
Annarita Mazzariol
, Zrinka Bošnjak, Piero Ballarini, Ana Budimir, Branka Bedenić, Smilja Kalenić, and Giuseppe Cornaglia
, Zrinka Bošnjak, Piero Ballarini, Ana Budimir, Branka Bedenić, Smilja Kalenić, and Giuseppe CornagliaTable
MIC of the KLZA strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae and its transconjugant and recipient
| Antimicrobial drug | MIC, mg/L |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| K. pneumoniae KLZA | Escherichia coli J53 | E. coli T1 | |
| Imipenem | 8 | <0.06 | 4 |
| Meropenem | 8 | <0.06 | 4 |
| Ertapenem | 16 | <0.06 | 8 |
| Ceftazidime | >128 | <0.06 | 128 |
| Cefotaxime | >128 | <0.06 | 32 |
| Cefepime | 32 | <0.06 | 64 |
| Aztreonam | >128 | 0.25 | >128 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 0.5 | <0.06 | 0.12 |
| Gentamicin | 8 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Amikacin | 16 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Tigecycline | 1 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Colistin | <0.5 | <0.5 | <0.5 |
