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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2019

Susceptibility rates of clinically important bacteria collected from intensive care units against colistin, carbapenems, and other comparative agents: results from Surveillance of Multicenter Antimicrobial Resistance in Taiwan (SMART).

Chih-Cheng Lai, Ying-Sheng Chen, Nan-Yao Lee, Hung-Jen Tang, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Chin-Fu Lin, Po-Liang Lu, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Wen-Chien Ko, Wen-Sen Lee and 1 more

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Chih-Cheng LaiDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liuying, Taiwan.
Ying-Sheng ChenDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Nan-Yao LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Jen TangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Susan Shin-Jung LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chin-Fu LinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Po-Liang LuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Jiunn-Jong WuDepartment of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Chien KoDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Wen-Sen LeeDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Medical Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Po-Ren HsuehDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, hsporen@ntu.edu.tw.
Chi Mei Medical Center · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWCardinal Tien Hospital · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWTaichung Veterans General Hospital · TWWan Fang Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to determine the in vitro susceptibility of commonly encountered Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) recovered from patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in Taiwan against colistin, carbapenems, and other comparative agents.

methodsIn total, 758 nonduplicate GNB isolates were obtained from clinical specimens of ICU patients at seven medical centers in 2016. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined using the Vitek 2 susceptibility system. The reference broth-microdilution method was performed to determine MICs of colistin. Five main carbapenemase genes among carbapenem-non-susceptible GNB and

resultsAfter exclusion 38

conclusionIn this study, 8.7% of Enterobacteriaceae isolates from ICUs were not susceptible to carbapenem, and

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A. baumanniicarbapenemasecarbapenemscolistinintensive care unitsmcr-1P. aeruginosaSMARTsusceptibility

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PMID30936726
PMCPMC6421902
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