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Ceftolozane Tazobactam – Injection products

Recognized Interpretive Criteria

	Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (mcg/mL)			Disk Diffusion (zone diameter in mm)
Pathogen	S	I	R	S	I	R
Enterobacterales	M-100 standard is recognized
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	M-100 standard is recognized
Streptococcus spp Viridans Group	M-100 standard is recognized			-	-	-
Bacteroides fragilis	≤8/4	16/4	≥32/4	-	-	-
Haemophilus influenzae	M-100 standard is recognized			-	-	-

S = Susceptible; I = Intermediate; R = Resistant

STIC are based on a dose for adults of 1.5g every 8 h for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections and complicated urinary tract infections or a dose of 3 g every 8 h for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia.

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