Table 2

Tigecycline in carbapenem-resistant isolates carrying different OXA-like genes

BlaOXA genes
N. of strains
Imipenem mg/L
Meropenem mg/L
Tigecycline mg/L



≤4
8
≥16
≤4
8
≥16
≤2
≥ 4
OXA-23/OXA-51
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
OXA-51
14
3
3
8
0
0
14
12
2
OXA-51/OXA-58
43
2
2
39
0
0
43
41
2

Mezzatesta et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008 7:4   doi:10.1186/1476-0711-7-4