Different Patterns of Bacterial Species and Antibiotic Susceptibility in Diabetic Foot Syndrome with and without Coexistent Ischemia

Table 6

Susceptibility of isolates to the most commonly recommended combinations of antibacterial agents in the literature in patients with and without peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Antibacterial agents	Susceptibility in all patients	Susceptibility in patients with PAD	Susceptibility in patients without PAD	Statistical significance,
Ciprofloxacin with clindamycin	46%	45%	46%
Levofloxacin with clindamycin	44%	45%	40%
Amoxicillin/clavulanate with vancomycin	62%	58%	70%
Piperacillin/tazobactam with vancomycin	87%	85%	94%
Imipenem with vancomycin	88%	89%	85%
Meropenem with vancomycin	91%	91%	89%
Amoxicillin/clavulanate with cotrimoxazole	73%	71%	79%
Ceftazidime with metronidazole	33%	36%	24%
Ceftazidime with clindamycin	52%	53%	49%
Ciprofloxacin with linezolid	64%	61%	69%
Moxifloxacin with linezolid	59%	58%	63%