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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Dispatch

KPC-3–Producing Serratia marcescens Outbreak between Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities, Florida, USA

Adriana JimenezComments to Author , Lilian M. Abbo, Octavio Martinez, Bhavarth Shukla, Kathleen Sposato, Alina Iovleva, Erin Louise Fowler, Christi Lee McElheny, and Yohei Doi
Author affiliations: Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida, USA (A. Jimenez, L. M. Abbo, K. Sposato); Florida International University Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Miami (A. Jimenez); U; niversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami (L. M. Abbo, O. Martinez, B. Shukla); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (A. Iovleva, E. L. Fowler, C. L. McElheny, Y. Doi)

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Table 2

Susceptibility profiles of KPC-producing Serratia marcescens isolates, Miami, Florida, USA*

Drug Total no. isolates tested No. (%) susceptible No. (%) intermediate No. (%) resistant
ATM 14 0 0 14 (100)
CFZ 14 0 0 14 (100)
FEP 14 0 0 14 (100)
CAZ 14 0 0 14 (100)
CRO 14 0 0 14 (100)
LVX 14 5 (36) 1 (7) 8 (57)
MEM 14 0 0 14 (100)
AMK 14 14 (100) 0 0
GEN 14 0 13 (93) 1 (7)
TOB 14 0 0 14 (100)
SXT 14 14 (100) 0 0
TET 14 2 (14) 8 (57) 4 (28)
TGC 12 12 (100) 0 0
CZA 3 3 (100) 0 0

*AMK, amikacin; ATM, aztreonam; CAZ, ceftazidime; CFZ, cefazolin; CRO, ceftriaxone; CZA, ceftazidime/avibactam; FEP, cefepime; GEN, gentamicin; LVX, levofloxacin; MEM, meropenem; SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; TET, tetracycline; TGC, tigecycline; TOB, tobramycin.

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