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Cefotaxime – Injection products

Exceptions or additions to the recognized standards

	Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (mcg/mL)			Disk Diffusion (zone diameter in mm)
Pathogen	S	I	R	S	I	R
Acinetobacter spp.	≤1	2	≥4	-	-	-
Other non-Enterobacterales	≤1	2	≥4	-	-	-
Haemophilus influenzae and parainfluenzae	≤1	-	-	-	-	-
Anaerobes	≤1	2	≥4	-	-	-

^aEnterobacterales recognition includes Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp.

S = Susceptible; I = Intermediate; R = Resistant

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