Table 3

Antimicrobial resistance, % of Gram negative bacteria associated with bacteraemia, England and Wales*

% resistantAmpicillinGentamicinCefotaximeCeftazidimeMeropenem
Source: www.phls.co.uk.
*Data represent all isolates referred to PHLS from bacteraemias of all ages.
†2001; ‡1999–2000.
E coli553 2 2
Klebsiella†5 6 8<1
Enterobacter†93232 2
Serratia†320 4<1
Citrobacter†31616 1
P aeruginosa5 4 1