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Table 3 Selected antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from the main bacteria of septic neonates, 2011 to 2017

From: Late-onset neonatal sepsis in Suzhou, China

Antibiotics

No. (%) susceptible

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (n = 34)

Escherichia coli (n = 58) a

Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 39)

Amoxicillin

11 (32.4)

Amikacin

58 (100)

39 (100)

Ampicillin

11 (32.4)

13 (22.4)

4 (10.3)

Cefazolin

13 (38.2)

26 (44.8)

5 (12.8)

Ceftazidime

22 (64.7)

49 (84.5)

11 (28.2)

Cefoperazone/sulbactam

24 (70.6)

58 (100)

39 (100)

Furadantin

34 (100)

58 (100)

23 (59.0)

Imipenem

58 (100)

39 (100)

Ciprofloxacin

27 (79.4)

25 (43.1)

33 (84.6)

Nitrofurantoin

34 (100)

58 (100)

24 (61.6)

Piperacillin/tazobactam

58 (100)

39 (100)

Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim

17 (50.0)

19 (32.8)

26 (66.7)

Vancomycin

34 (100)

  1. a Information on antibiotic sensitivity was available for 58 of the 59 neonates with Escherichia coli sepsis