Meropenem - Injection products

 

	Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (mcg/mL)			Disk Diffusion (zone diameter in mm)
Pathogen	S	I	R	S	I	R
Enterobacteralesa	M100 standard is recognized
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	M100 standard is recognized
Acinetobacter spp*	M100 standard is recognized
Haemophilus influenzae and parainfluenzae	M100 standard is recognized
Streptococcus pneumoniae	M100 standard is recognized			-	-	-
Streptococcus spp β- Hemolytic Group	M100 standard is recognized			-	-	-
Streptococcus spp Viridans Group	M100 standard is recognized			-	-	-
Neisseria meningitidis	M100 standard is recognized
Anaerobes	M100 standard is recognized			-	-	-

^aIncluding Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp.

S = Susceptible; I = Intermediate; R = Resistant
* dosing regimen of 1 gram every 8 hours infused over 60 minutes

Exceptions to the recognized standard

For the bacteria listed below, susceptibility test interpretive criteria are not recognized at this time:

Burkholderia cepacia complex

Other Non-Enterobacterales