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Volume 25, Number 7—July 2019
Research Letter

Elizabethkingia bruuniana Infections in Humans, Taiwan, 2005–2017

Jiun-Nong LinComments to Author , Chung-Hsu Lai, Chih-Hui Yang, Yi-Han Huang, and Hsi-Hsun Lin
Author affiliations: E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (J.-N. Lin, C.-H. Lai, Y.-H. Huang); I-Shou University, Kaohsiung (J.-N. Lin, C.-H. Lai, Y.-H. Huang); Meiho University, Pingtung, Taiwan (C.-H. Yang); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (H.-H. Lin)

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Table

Characteristics of patients infected with Elizabethkingia bruuniana, Taiwan, 2005–2017, and antimicrobial susceptibility of the E. bruuniana isolates*

MIC, mg/L†
Piperacillin 64 64 >64 64 >64 64
TZP 32/4 >128/4 32/4 32/4 64/4 128/4
Ceftazidime >16 >16 >16 >16 >16 >16
Cefepime >32 >32 >32 >32 >32 >32
Ceftriaxone >32 >32 >32 >32 >32 >32
Aztreonam >16 >16 >16 >16 >16 >16
Imipenem >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8
Meropenem >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8
Gentamicin 8 8 4 8 4 8
Tobramycin >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8
Amikacin <8 32 16 >32 16 32
Tetracycline >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8
Minocycline <1 <1 <1 4 <1 <1
Tigecycline <1 8 2 4 <1 <1
Ciprofloxacin 1 2 2 >2 2 1
Levofloxacin <1 8 <1 >8 <1 <1
TMP/SMX >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76

*BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVC, central venous catheter; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; TZP, piperacillin/tazobactam.
†Light gray shading indicates intermediate susceptibility; dark gray, susceptible isolates; no shading, resistant isolates.

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