Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
Letter
Carbapenemase-producing Organism in Food, 2014
Joseph E. Rubin
, Samantha Ekanayake, and Champika Fernando
, Samantha Ekanayake, and Champika Fernando
Table
Antimicrobial drug susceptibility of a VIM-2 producing Pseudomonas fluorescens–like organism isolated from food (squid), Saskatoon, Canada, January 2014
| Antimicrobial drug | MIC |
|---|---|
| Ampicilin | >32 |
| Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid | >32 |
| Cefoxitin | >32 |
| Ceftiofur | >8 |
| Ceftriaxone | >64 |
| Azithromycin | 16 |
| Chloramphenicol | 16 |
| Tetracycline | ≤4 |
| Naladixic acid | 16 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 0.06 |
| Gentamicin | ≤0.25 |
| Kanamycin | 16 |
| Streptomycin | ≤32 |
| Sulfisoxazole | 32 |
| Trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole | 0.5 |
| Ertapenem* | >32 |
| Tigecycline* | 0.125 |
| Colistin* | 3 |
*MICs determined by Etest; all others were determined by broth microdilution.
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