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Volume 16, Number 6—June 2010
Dispatch

Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008

Yue Wang, Peng Hao, Bo Lu, Hua Yu, Wenfang Huang, Hongliang Hou, and Kerong DaiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China (Y. Wang, P. Hao, B. Lu, H. Yu, W. Huang); Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (H. Hou, K. Dai); Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai (H. Hou, K. Dai)

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Table 2

Antimicrobial susceptibility of 180 strains of gram-negative bacilli isolated from persons injured during earthquake, Wenchuan, China, 2008

Organism No. No. (%) specimens susceptible, by antimicrobial drug*
AMK AZT CAZ CIP FEP GM IMP SMZ TZP
A. baumannii 74 16 (21.6) 0 5 (6.8) 7 (9.5) 15 (20.1) 0 26 (35.1) 10 (13.5) 12 (16.2)
Escherichia coli 36 36 (100) 13 (36.1) 13 (36.1) 0 11 (30.6) 10 (27.8) 35 (97.2) 11 (30.6) 28 (77.8)
Enteric bacilli 30 15 (50.0) 10 (33.3) 10 (33.3) 8 (26.7) 13 (43.3) 13 (43.3 30 (100) 8 (26.7) 10 (33.3
Klebsiella pneumoniae 22 20 (90.9) 4 (18.2) 7 (31.8) 0 7 (31.8) 4 (18.2) 22 (100) 4 (18.2) 7 (31.8)
P. aeruginosa 18 18 (100) 4 (22.2) 11 (61.1) 12 (66.7) 11 (61.1) 15 (83.3) 17 (94.4) 0 15 (83.3)
Total 180 105 (58.3) 31 (17.2) 46 (25.6) 27 (15.0) 57 (31.7) 42 (23.3) 130 (72.2) 33 (18.3) 72 (40.0)

*Semisusceptible results were considered resistant. AMK, amikacin; AZT, aztreonam; CAZ, ceftazidime; CIP, ciprofloxacin; FEP, cefepime; GM, gentamicin; IMP, imipenem; SMZ,sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim; TZP, tazobactam/piperacillin; A. baumannii, Acinetobacter baumannii; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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