Volume 18, Number 3—March 2012
Letter
Carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter spp. in Cattle, France
Laurent Poirel
, Béatrice Berçot, Yves Millemann, Rémy A. Bonnin, Glenn Pannaux, and Patrice Nordmann
, Béatrice Berçot, Yves Millemann, Rémy A. Bonnin, Glenn Pannaux, and Patrice Nordmann
Table
Antimicrobial drug MICs for Acinetobacter genomospecies 15TU isolates from cows and reference strains, France, August 2010
| Drug class | MIC, μg/mL |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter genomospecies 15TU |
Reference strain |
||||
| BY1 | BY2–BY9 | NIPH 2171 | NIPH 899 | ||
| Penicillins and combinations | |||||
| Amoxicillin | >256 | 128–256 | 4 | 4 | |
| Amoxicillin + CLA | >256 | 128–256 | 4 | 4 | |
| Cephalosporins | |||||
| Cefoxitin | 32 | 16–32 | 16 | 16 | |
| Cefotaxime | 32 | 16–32 | 8 | 6 | |
| Ceftazidime | 32 | 16–32 | 16 | 16 | |
| Cefepime | 16 | 4–16 | 4 | 4 | |
| Monobactam (aztreonam) | 64 | 32 | 32 | 16 | |
| Carbapenems | |||||
| Meropenem | 16 | 2–4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Imipenem | >32 | 4–6 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Doripenem | 8 | 2–4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Cyclines | |||||
| Tetracycline | >256 | >256 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Tigecycline | 0.064 | 0.047–0.064 | 0.047 | 0.125 | |
| Quinolones (ciprofloxacin) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Aminoglycosides | |||||
| Gentamicin | 0.5 | 0.25–0.5 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Kanamycin | >256 | >256 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Sulfonamides | 4 | 4 | 4 | >256 | |
*CLA, clavulanic acid (4 μg/mL).
Page created: February 07, 2012
Page updated: February 15, 2012
Page reviewed: February 15, 2012
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.